ABSTRACT

Whether it be those who are “high” on right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO), or a mixture of “low” on explicit, but “high” on implicit, bias, many social psychological theories predict the existence of distinct “types” of people. These assumptions are, however, untestable using variable-centred analyses. Accordingly, we argue that the time has come to utilise person-centred analyses that enable us to test these key assumptions. We open by demonstrating how to implement – and interpret – latent profile analysis (a type of person-centred analysis), using RWA and SDO as an example. We then discuss the debate over the dimensionality of political ideology to highlight the need for person-centred analyses. Next, we review person-centred approaches to political ideology and highlight recent work using person-centred analyses to assess key assumptions of ambivalent sexism and relative deprivation. We conclude by discussing limitations to person-centred approaches and by providing suggestions for future research.

摘要

无论是那些对右翼威权主义（RWA）和社会支配倾向（SDO）处于“高”地位的人，还是对显性偏见“低”但对内隐偏见的“高”态度的人，许多社会心理学理论都预测存在独特的“类型”的人。但是，使用可变中心分析无法检验这些假设。因此，我们认为现在是利用以人为中心的分析的时机，该分析使我们能够检验这些关键假设。首先，我们以RWA和SDO为例，演示如何实现和解释潜在特征分析（一种以人为中心的分析）。然后，我们讨论有关政治意识形态维度的辩论，以强调需要以人为中心的分析。下一个，我们回顾了以人为本的政治思想方法，并着重介绍了以人为中心的分析方法来评估矛盾的性别歧视和相对贫困的关键假设。最后，我们讨论了以人为中心的方法的局限性，并为将来的研究提供了建议。