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Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump (Original Post)
swag
May 2016
OP
Right Wing Authoritarians and Followers respond aggressively and thoughtlessly
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2016
#2
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)1. at about 1:50. I don't remember any authoritarian Democrats.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)2. Right Wing Authoritarians and Followers respond aggressively and thoughtlessly
High RWAs tend to feel more endangered in a potentially threatening situation
than most people do, and often respond aggressively. In 1987 my colleague Gerry
Sande and I had five-man teams of male introductory psychology students role-play
NATO in an international simulation involving (they thought) another team of
students playing as the Warsaw Pact. Some of the NATO teams were composed
entirely of low RWA students, and other NATO teams were stocked entirely with
highs. (We experimenters secretly played the Warsaw Pact.) The simulation began
with a couple of ambiguous moves by the Warsaw Pact, such as holding military
exercises earlier than anticipated, and withdrawing divisions to rear areas (possibly for
rest, or --as Dr. Strangelove might argue--possibly for redeployment for an attack).
The NATO teams could respond with nonthreatening or threatening moves of varying
magnitudes. But if they made threats, the Warsaw pact responded with twice as much
threat in return, and the NATO team would reap what it had sown as an escalation of
aggressive moves would likely result.
The low RWA teams did not interpret the ambiguous moves at the beginning
of the game as serious threats and thus seldom made threatening moves. The high
RWAs on the other hand usually reacted to the opening Warsaw Pact moves
aggressively, and sowed a whirlwind. Over the course of the simulation, the high
RWA teams made ten times as much threat as the low teams did, and usually brought
the world to the brink of nuclear war.
than most people do, and often respond aggressively. In 1987 my colleague Gerry
Sande and I had five-man teams of male introductory psychology students role-play
NATO in an international simulation involving (they thought) another team of
students playing as the Warsaw Pact. Some of the NATO teams were composed
entirely of low RWA students, and other NATO teams were stocked entirely with
highs. (We experimenters secretly played the Warsaw Pact.) The simulation began
with a couple of ambiguous moves by the Warsaw Pact, such as holding military
exercises earlier than anticipated, and withdrawing divisions to rear areas (possibly for
rest, or --as Dr. Strangelove might argue--possibly for redeployment for an attack).
The NATO teams could respond with nonthreatening or threatening moves of varying
magnitudes. But if they made threats, the Warsaw pact responded with twice as much
threat in return, and the NATO team would reap what it had sown as an escalation of
aggressive moves would likely result.
The low RWA teams did not interpret the ambiguous moves at the beginning
of the game as serious threats and thus seldom made threatening moves. The high
RWAs on the other hand usually reacted to the opening Warsaw Pact moves
aggressively, and sowed a whirlwind. Over the course of the simulation, the high
RWA teams made ten times as much threat as the low teams did, and usually brought
the world to the brink of nuclear war.
-- pg 26 The Authoritarians by Bob Altemeyer http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/ an American professor at the University of Manitoba
swag
(26,486 posts)5. Great link. Thanks! N/T
libodem
(19,288 posts)3. Trump only needs
A little black mustache. Heil Trump.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)4. Hair DrumpFührer. . . nt
libodem
(19,288 posts)6. Heeheehee
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)7. LOVE that!
Maybe even just "Hair Fuhrer".