For Altemeyer's son, the politician, see Rob Altemeyer.
Bob Altemeyer
Born
(1940-06-06)6 June 1940
Died
7 February 2024(2024-02-07) (aged 83)
Nationality
Canadian
Awards
AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research
Academic background
Alma mater
Carnegie Mellon University
Academic work
Discipline
Psychology
Institutions
University of Manitoba
Main interests
Research into authoritarianism
Robert Anthony Altemeyer (6 June 1940 – 7 February 2024) was a Canadian psychologist who was Professor of Psychology at the University of Manitoba.[1][2] Altemeyer also produced the right-wing authoritarianism scale, or RWA Scale,[3] as well as the related left-wing authoritarianism scale, or LWA Scale.[4]
Altemeyer first defined the right-wing authoritarian personality in 1981,[5] as a refinement of the authoritarian personality theory originally pioneered by University of California, Berkeley researchers Theodor W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel Levinson, and Nevitt Sanford.[6] Altemeyer defined the right-wing authoritarian personality as someone who:
is naturally submissive to authority figures that they consider to be legitimate,
acts aggressively in the name of said authority figures, and/or
is very conventional (i.e. conformist) in thought and behavior.[5]
Altemeyer performed extensive research on authoritarianism, identifying the psychological makeup of authoritarian followers, and authoritarian leaders. His studies concentrated on who the followers are, how they got that way, how they think, and why they tend to be submissive and aggressive. He also collected data on authoritarianism among North American politicians.[7]
Altemeyer documented his research in several books, most recently written for general audiences in The Authoritarians at the suggestion of John W. Dean.[8][9] Altemeyer's work is referenced in Dean's 2006 book, Conservatives Without Conscience.[3][10] Altemeyer's last book, Authoritarian Nightmare, co-written by Dean,[11] is a book about U.S. President Donald Trump and his authoritarian followers.
^"University of Manitoba directory, Psychology Faculty".
^Bielski, Zosia (3 September 2009). "The myths that surround sexuality and university students". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^ ab"The Hard Right" (30 July 2006). Review of Conservatives without conscience by Nick Gillespie. The New York Times.
^Altemeyer, Bob (1996). The Authoritarian Specter. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press. pp. 216–234. ISBN 0-674-05305-2.
^ ab"Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)". APA Dictionary of Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. n.d. Retrieved 18 October 2021. A theoretical refinement of the theory of the authoritarian personality that identifies political conservatism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, and conventionalism as key predictors of prejudice, racism, and right-wing extremism. [first proposed in 1981 by Canadian social psychologist Robert A. Altemeyer]
^Adorno, T. W., Frenkel-Brunswik, E., Levinson, D. J., Sanford, R. N. (1950). The Authoritarian Personality. New York: Harper and Row.
^"Measuring the authoritarian mind-set of Trump's followers". Washington Post.
^Altemeyer (2006)
^"Website for the book: Bob Altemeyer's - The Authoritarians".
^Dean, John W. Conservatives Without Conscience (2006). Viking. New York. ISBN 0670037745.
^(2020) Melville Publishing House, Brooklyn, NY. ISBN 978-1-61219-905-4
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