Authoritarian personality traits alone do not produce prejudice without activating demagogy

Evidence

But would the ego weakness, insecurity, fearfulness, and inadequacy of the authoritarian personality automatically translate into prejudice? Here Allport suggested that certain activating conditions might be important, and the one that he singled out in particular was exposure to racist, ethnocentric, and fascist demagogy. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2433

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the situational-trigger theme running through later chapters of this book on situational influences on prejudice. — connects to: Authoritarian personality theory holds that a psychological structure, not objective circumstances, determines fascist character — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1780; Harsh child-rearing produces an authoritarian personality supporting discriminatory politics. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 450; Rigid cognitive style drives authoritarianism but not prejudice directly — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 471 (+1 more)
• QUESTION: The interaction between disposition and triggering rhetoric foreshadows current work on right-wing authoritarianism activation.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2433