Authoritarianism Scale: F-Scale Test - the question form

1. Obedience and respect for authority are the most important virtues children should learn.

2. A person with bad manners, bad habits, and poor upbringing can hardly expect to be accepted by decent people.

3. If people talked less and worked more, things would go better for all of us.

4. A businessman or factory owner is much more important to society than an artist or a professor.

5. Science has its uses, but there are many important things that the human mind will never understand.

6. Everyone should believe in a supernatural power whose existence they do not doubt.

7. Young people may sometimes have rebellious ideas; but as they grow up, they should get over this and settle down.

8. More than laws and programs, our country needs devoted leaders whom the people can trust.

9. No normal, decent person could even think of insulting a close friend or relative.

10. Important life lessons always have to be paid for with suffering.

11. Young people above all need strict discipline, firm determination, and the will to work and fight for their family and their country.

12. Anyone who insults our honor should be punished, no matter what.

13. Sex crimes, such as rape and child molestation, deserve more than prison; such offenders should be publicly whipped or punished even more severely.

14. There is probably no one more contemptible than a person who does not feel great love, gratitude, and respect for their parents.

15. Most of our social problems would be solved if we could get rid of antisocial elements, swindlers, and the feeble-minded.

16. Homosexuals are no better than other criminals and should be punished severely.

17. If someone has problems or worries, it is better not to think about them and to do more pleasant things instead.

18. Nowadays, people are increasingly interfering in other people's personal affairs that should remain private.

19. Some people have an inborn tendency to go downhill.

20. People can be divided into two groups: the weak and the strong.

21. It will probably be shown one day that astrology can explain a great deal.

22. Wars and social unrest will probably someday be brought to an end by an earthquake or flood that destroys the world.

23. Weakness and hardship will not stop us if we have enough willpower.

24. Most people do not realize how much our lives are shaped by secretly planned conspiracies.

25. There will always be wars and conflicts; this is human nature.

26. Being trusting in relationships leads to disrespect.

27. Nowadays, with so many different people traveling and interacting with one another, it is especially important to protect ourselves carefully against infections and diseases.

28. The sexual permissiveness of the ancient Greeks and Romans was child’s play compared with what is going on today—even in circles where one would least expect it.