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| Title | Authoritarian attitudes in times of threat |
| Creator | Merolla, Jennifer L.
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| Symposium | Extremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty
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| Series | Claremont Graduate University's Stauffer Symposium Series
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| Date | 2008-04-06 |
| Subject-LCSH | Social Psychology
Uncertainty
Threat
Patriotism
Leadership
Authoritarianism
Security
Terrorism
Immigration
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| Subject-Local | Extremism
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| Description | Dr. Merolla discusses how different types of threats can make individuals come to feel anxious, insecure, and uncertain about the world around them. There are many studies predicting that citizens may exert control over such uncontrollable situations by adopting more authoritarian attitudes. However, more recently, scholars have argued that not all individuals will employ this coping mechanism; rather, only those predisposed to authoritarianism will express heightened authoritarian attitudes in times of threat. Dr. Merolla reviews the literature that finds a relationship between times of threat and the expression of authoritarian attitudes as well as a more recent literature that finds support for an interactive relationship between authoritarian predispositions and threat on authoritarian attitudes. Dr. Merolla highlights some of her research on this question across different types of threat (terror attacks, economic threat, and crime) in different countries (the U.S. and Mexico). She concludes by speculating about whether the effects of threat on authoritarian attitudes might vary depending on how likely it is that a given threat will occur. |
| Publisher | Claremont Graduate University. School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences |
| Language | eng
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| Source | Original video: Digital video cassette; 60 minute DVM; Tape 7; recorded symposium presentation entitled, "Authoritarian Attitudes in Times of Threat" from the symposium entitled, "Extremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty" April 06, 2008 |
| Relation | Claremont Graduate University Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science |
| Rights | Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. Copyright laws. |
| Type | Moving Image
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| Running time | 00:30:43 |
| Video Format - 40 Kbps | video/mp4 |
| Video Format - 300 Kbps | video/H264; video/quicktime |
| Video Format - 800 Kbps | video/H264; video/quicktime |
| Video Format - LAN | video/H264; video/quicktime |
| Object File Name | lap00045 |
