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T. W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson and R. Nevitt Sanford, The Authoritarian Personality (1950), Verso electronic edition, 2019, series title/front matter and chapter I, sections A and B, especially “The Groups Studied.” EPUB locators and context are recorded in the private review packet.

T. W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson and R. Nevitt Sanford, The Authoritarian Personality (1950), Verso electronic edition (2019), series foreword

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1 T. W. Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson and R. Nevitt Sanford, The Authoritarian Personality (first issued 1950; Verso 2019), chapter 1, pp. 1–28, especially 1–8,11–18,19–23,25–28. Original English, archive EPUB OEBPS/11_Chapter01.xhtml, printed-page anchors page_1–page_28. Main question/theory, techniques, groups, sample limits and selection of interviewees. Original-author research report, not independent validation of its own conclusions. Edition copyright OEBPS/03_Copy.xhtml.

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2 Max Horkheimer, “Preface,” and authors' “Acknowledgments,” same edition, pp. lxxi–lxxviii, EPUB 09_Preface/10_Acknowledgments. Participant descriptions of shared work, research roles and grants. Institution Berkeley Public Opinion Study remains distinct from the University of California campus.

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3 Horkheimer and Flowerman, “Foreword to Studies in Prejudice,” same edition, pp. lxvii–lxx, EPUB 08_Foreword. Series design and educational aims, not program evaluation.

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4 Authors, chapter 7, “The Measurement of Implicit Antidemocratic Trends,” same edition, pp. 222–228, EPUB OEBPS/18_Chapter07.xhtml, page anchors 222–228. Construction and theory of F scale. Terms and research aims are attributed to the authors; this account does not claim modern clinical validity. Peter E. Gordon's 2019 introduction and Adorno's later “Remarks” are separate material, not silently treated as part of the 1950 original text.