Restrictive versus egalitarian childrearing predicts later authoritarian attitudes

Evidence

If Lou and Hugh go to my university and take introductory psychology, bet on Lou to score pretty low on the RWA Scale, and Hugh to be a definite High. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1050

Categorization

  • XREF: Direct empirical parallel to the vault’s developmental claim that conventionalism and authoritarian submission co-arise in childhood (cf. Whitehead & Perry’s upbringing framing).