Eysenck's tendermindedness dimension: a critique.

Rokeach, Milton; Hanley, Charles

doi:10.1037/h0045968

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“…He found that British conservatives and communists were equally high in dogmatism, but conservatives were much higher on the F scale (Rokeach, 1960). However, in five later studies communists and left-wingers scored lower on dogmatism than right-wingers and no higher than those in the political middle, casting doubt on Rokeach's (1960) hypothesis that right-wingers and communists share this trait (Stone, 1980). Later, Kerlinger (1967Kerlinger ( ,1984 and Ray (1982) presented models with supportive data indicating that the opposite poles of the traditional conservative-liberal dimension of political attitudes are actually orthogonal.…”

Section: New Mexico State Universitymentioning

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Authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union.

McFarland

Ageyev²,

Abalakina-Paap³

1992

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

164

109

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Two studies examined the relevance of the authoritarian personality in the Soviet Union. In a 1991 Moscow quota sample, authoritarianism strongly predicted support for reactionary leaders and military actions and opposition to democratic and non-Russian leaders and to democratic activities. The positive correlation between authoritarianism and support for Marxist-Leninist ideology was significant but lower than in 1989. Consistent with the theory that conventionalism is a central attribute of authoritarianism, Russian authoritarianism predicted support for equalitarianism and opposition to laissez-faire individualism, whereas in a comparison American sample these relationships were reversed. The lower Russian consistencies on scales measuring norms of justice are interpreted as differences in how Soviets and Americans relate abstract thought and values to particular policies and activities.

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Section: New Mexico State Universitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union.

McFarland

Ageyev²,

Abalakina-Paap³

1992

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

164

109

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“…An independent flexibility-rigidity construct may derive its definition from the openminded-closeminded construct developed by Rokeach (1960) or from the more generalized cyclothymia-schizothymia construct of Cattell (1957, p. 90). Owing its intellectual ancestry to the studies of the authoritarian personality, the Rokeach construct contains many elements that are unrelated to foreign policy but may indicate a relevant correlative to it.…”

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Psychological constructs in foreign policy prediction

D’Amato

1967

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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This paper attempts a pre-factor analysis of a series of possible attitude-clusters (&dquo;constructs&dquo;) and a suggested framework for linking them that may help in predicting foreign-policy decisional behavior or-what probably amounts to the same thing-in finding regularities in past decision-making behavior. In the literature the paper may be located as a possible middle course between the Scylla of quasi-psychological speculation on &dquo

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“…In a convergence of life and science, this irony did not escape Eysenck's attention and he went on to study the personality correlates of political extremism, observing that fascists and communists share a tendency towards authoritarianism (Eysenck, 1954). This notion was ridiculed at the time (e.g., Rokeach & Hanley, 1956), yet it seems Eysenck has the last laugh, as modern research backs up his claim that authoritarian attitudes are not the preserve of the extreme right, but are also found on the extreme left wing of the political spectrum (e.g., de Regt,…”

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The welfare trait: Hans Eysenck, personality and social issues

Perkins

2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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Inspired by Hans Eysenck's belief that personality research can provide insights on societal problems, this article summarises a theory -the Welfare Trait -which attempts to explain the tendency of the welfare state to erode work motivation. This theory stems from the discovery that exposure to disadvantage during childhood promotes the development of employmentresistant personality characteristics. If true, this discovery matters because it means a welfare state which sets up perverse incentives that cause extra children to be born into disadvantaged households may harm the prospects of the nation by shifting its personality profile towards greater employment-resistance. Although still in need of more refined data, the Welfare Trait theory conforms to Hans Eysenck's belief that psychology in general, and personality psychology in particular, is germane to addressing important issues of widespread social impact.However, as in Eysenck's time, discussion of such 'controversial' issues leads to severe criticism and personal vilification, facilitated today by the ease of communication via social media (e.g., Twitter).

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Eysenck's tendermindedness dimension: a critique.

Cited by 41 publications

References 4 publications

Authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union.

Authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union.

Psychological constructs in foreign policy prediction

The welfare trait: Hans Eysenck, personality and social issues

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