Center governments adopt authoritarian youth policies borrowed from America
Evidence
But we also have evidence that authoritarianism can shift back and forth during adulthood. Higher education usually lowers it, especially among High RWAs. It appears that getting older, per se, does not cause RWA scores to climb. But becoming parents likely will. We know that levels of right-wing authoritarianism in university students change periodically over time, perhaps even cyclically, arguably in reaction to the events of the preceding era. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1186 (
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We can predict introductory psychology students’ RWA scores rather accurately if we know whether they have had certain experiences in life. The critical period for the development of adult authoritarianism, in terms of these experiences, is probably adolescence. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1185 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Authoritarianism is operationalized through childrearing values rather than politics; Authoritarianism remains changeable throughout life rather than fixed in youth — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1186; Having children reverses the drop in authoritarianism caused by university education — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1115 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Authoritarianism remains changeable throughout life rather than fixed in youth
#complicates(0.80) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1186 - Authoritarianism is operationalized through childrearing values rather than politics
#complicates(0.78) - Adult authoritarianism is set during adolescence by specific experiences
#complicates(0.78) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1185 - Adolescent conflict with authority reduces later authoritarianism
#complicates(0.76) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1054 - Adult authoritarianism shifts with education, parenthood, and era
#complicates(0.76) - Having children reverses the drop in authoritarianism caused by university education
#complicates(0.75) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1115 - Authoritarian development requires unusual clusters of converging childhood experiences
#complicates(0.74) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1053 - Authoritarian ideology arises spontaneously more than economic doctrine taught in schools does
#complicates(0.72) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3477 - American authoritarianism manifested as cultural conformism rather than terror
#complicates(0.70) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 531