High authoritarians conceal more prejudice when their answers can be identified

Evidence

When I call High RWAs “‘equal-opportunity bigots,” I am assuming that social desirability affects the answers people give to an obvious prejudice scale. That is, people probably pull their punches so as not to look as prejudiced as they might actually be. I am also assuming that Lows and Highs tend to pull their punches equally. I have often found, however, that High RWAs give significantly more prejudiced answers when answering anonymously than when they know they can be identified (just as exit polls of elections involving a black and a white candidate sometimes find more people saying they voted for the minority candidate than actually did). — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3915 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Marxist political answers exempted respondents from being classed authoritarian — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 711; Right-wing authoritarians resist learning they are prejudiced. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 916; High authoritarians censor their prejudiced answers when not anonymous — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3915 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• High authoritarians censor their prejudiced answers when not anonymous #expands (0.92) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3915