The same authoritarian traits that made perpetrators collaborate also marked some resisters.

Evidence

Thus, some resisters exhibited the classic high-F features of obedience and conformity, presumably associated with simple cognitive style, that led per­ petrators to join the murderers. Another high-F characteristic, ethnic preju­ dice and persecution, was also present in the opposition to Nazism: Partisan groups, especially in Eastern Europe, are known to have rejected and some­ times killed Jews who tried to join them, and some people who rescued Jews on the basis of political, patriotic, or religious ideology actually held anti- Semitic views and sentiments. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 481

Categorization

• DEFINE: Operationalizes ‘high-F features’ as obedience, conformity, simple cognitive style, and ethnic prejudice demonstrated in both perpetrators and resisters.
• XREF: Directly undermines the intuitive asymmetry between perpetrator and rescuer personalities that standard authoritarianism research assumes. — connects to: The same authoritarian traits can enable both atrocity and heroic resistance depending on context. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 527; Those defying against pressure and obeying against pressure scored differently on authoritarian personality measures. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 121

Broader Connections

• The same authoritarian traits can enable both atrocity and heroic resistance depending on context. #corroborates (0.95) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 527
• Those defying against pressure and obeying against pressure scored differently on authoritarian personality measures. #contradicts (0.85) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 121