When People Who Have an Authoritarian Personality Think Their Ethnic

question 274

Essay

When people who have an authoritarian personality think their ethnic, national, or religious group is superior to others, they are displaying __________.

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Definitions:

Recessive Genes

Genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, as opposed to dominant genes.

Monozygotic Twins

Twins that are genetically identical because they were formed from a single fertilized egg that split into two.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, they are two siblings born from separate eggs fertilized by separate sperm, sharing 50% of their DNA, much like regular siblings.

Heritability

A measure of how much genetic factors contribute to individual differences in a trait within a population.