Altemeyer’s right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) test devised in 1981 purports to identify authoritarian tendencies on the basis of responses to questions that include these: “The ‘old-fashioned ways’ and the ‘old-fashioned values’ still show the best way to live” and “There is absolutely nothing wrong with nudist camps.”28 Those who prefer old-fashioned values to fads and nudist camps are defined as “authoritarians.” The C-Scale test, purporting to measure conservatism, created by Glenn Wilson and John Patterson in the 1960s, used attitudes toward jazz as a touchstone.29 Combining the work of
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