Adorno and his associates concluded all of the following about prejudice EXCEPT:
A) Prejudice is an attitude or set of attitudes that tends to be generalized to a wide variety of out-groups rather than a specific response based on negative experiences with members of a particular out-group.
B) There is a personality type (authoritarian personality) that tends to be associated with prejudice.
C) If a person is prejudiced against one out-group, he or she is usually not prejudiced against other out-groups
D) Conservatism and prejudice are not always linked.

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Adorno and his associates concluded that prejudice is a general attitude towards out-groups and that there is a personality type (authoritarian personality) associated with prejudice. They also found that conservatism and prejudice are often linked. However, they did not conclude that if a person is prejudiced against one out-group, they are not typically prejudiced against other out-groups. In fact, they argued that prejudice is a generalized attitude that can be applied to many different types of out-groups. So, option C is the correct answer.

Adorno and His Associates Concluded All of the Following About