Why Do Most Sociologists Reject Adorno's Personality Theory

question 37

Multiple Choice

Why do most sociologists reject Adorno's personality theory?

• A) It seems implausible for the majority of a population to share a personality.
• B) Most personality theories are rejected due to Freud's unscientific research.
• C) The tendency to be prejudiced or anti-Semitic is not a personality trait.
• D) It would be impossible to give personality tests everyone in a population.

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias where individuals rely on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Base-Rate Information

Refers to the statistical frequency of various phenomena or characteristics within a given population, used to inform judgment and decision-making processes.

Base-Rate Information

Statistical information that represents the prevalence or general occurrence of a particular trait, behavior, or event within a larger population.

Availability Heuristic

An instinctive mental tactic that uses the nearest instances that surface in thought while considering a certain topic, theory, strategy, or judgment.