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# Bob Altemeyer

(1940–2024)   Psychologist

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Bob Altemeyer was a psychologist.

## Quick Facts About Bob Altemeyer

Born June 6, 1940

Died February 7, 2024

Profession Psychologist

## About Bob Altemeyer

Canadian psychologist (1940–2024)... \| Robert Anthony Altemeyer was a Canadian psychologist who was the professor of psychology at the University of Manitoba. Altemeyer developed the right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) scale and the related left-wing authoritarianism (LWA) scale.

##  Quotes by Bob Altemeyer

> [I have never said authoritarians are pathological](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-altemeyer/i-have-never-said-authoritarians-are-pathological/)

[Bob Altemeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-altemeyer/)

[Authoritarians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authoritarians/)

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> [Dogmatism is by far the best fall-back defense, the most impregnable castle, that ignorance can find. It's also a dead give-away that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-altemeyer/dogmatism-is-by-far-the-best-fall-back-defense-the-most-impregnable/)

[Bob Altemeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-altemeyer/)

[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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