The F-Scale Was Used to Measure ______

question 6

Multiple Choice

The f-scale was used to measure ______.

• A) social dominance orientation
• B) authoritarianism
• C) subjective uncertainty
• D) fanaticism

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Definitions:

Scapegoating

The practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame as a way of deflecting attention from one’s own failures or inadequacies.

Aggression

A range of behaviors that can result in both physical and psychological harm to oneself, others, or objects in the environment.

Just-World Phenomenon

The belief that the world is fundamentally just, leading individuals to rationalize an undeserved fate for others as deserved.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.