Measuring Authoritarian Tendencies
In 1950, Theodor Adorno and his colleagues published The Authoritarian Personality, one of the most influential and controversial works in social psychology. The F-Scale ("F" for fascism) was designed to measure susceptibility to antidemocratic propaganda without directly asking about political ideology.
The test became a landmark of the Frankfurt School's attempt to understand fascism psychologically. Its critics, from Carl Schmitt's tradition to contemporary political realists, question whether it pathologizes ordinary political attitudes.
Take the original 30 questions and discover where you fall.
30 questions · About 7 minutes