Authoritarian people can be expected to manifest intolerance of ambiguity in the autokinetic situation by responding in ways that are consistent with their own prior responses, and reporting movement of the autokinetic light sooner. 30 Ss receiving high scores on the California Fascism Scale formed the authoritarian group; 30 Ss receiving low scores formed the nonauthoritarian group. No sex differences were found. Both expectations were supported by the data, discussed in terms of authoritarians' avoidance of stimulus ambiguity, responding in terms of available anchorage points.
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