AIDS, Authoritarianism, and Scientific Ignorance: A Comment on Witt |
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Authors: | J. J. Ray |
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Affiliation: | University of N.S. W., Australia |
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Abstract: | Witt shows that scores on the F scale predict negative affect towards AIDS. He interprets this in the light of the authoritarian personality theory of Adorno, Frenkel-Brunswik, Levinson, and Sanford (1950) despite the discredited nature of that theory. An alternative explanation of the findings in the light of the view that the F scale measures primarily an old-fashioned orientation is offered. |
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