HSRP-552

The authoritarian disposition forms mainly in adolescence and still moves in adulthood: durable, not permanent. That its formation falls inside the prefrontal window this project records is the project's observation, not a tested mechanism.

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1. Header

Number: HSRP-552
Category: Natural Law
Grade: WORKING
Status: ACTIVE
Entry form: Full
First entered: Not recorded — added to the register in supplement 027
Last revised: 2026-10-13
Register entry: https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-552

2. The claim, in full

The authoritarian disposition forms mainly in adolescence and still moves in adulthood: durable, not permanent. That its formation falls inside the prefrontal window this project records is the project's observation, not a tested mechanism.

Cited on: /the-hive-mind, THE AUTHORITARIAN HIVE MIND › Where the disposition comes from. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W3b-13.

3. What it rests on

Altemeyer placed its formation mainly in adolescence, through social learning, and found it still moving in adulthood, falling across years of university [SRC-1018] [SRC-1013], though a twin study finds the education link mostly a matter of genes and family background [SRC-1020].

Source: none linked in the register
Adolescence falls inside the prefrontal window this project records on /the-hive-mind, from about 12 to 26 HSRP-044; that the two coincide is the project's observation, not a tested mechanism.

Source: none linked in the register
So the disposition is partly inherited, shaped mainly in adolescence and moved by experience: durable, not permanent.

Source: none linked in the register

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

No source is linked to this observation in the register.

5. Counter-evidence

No counter-evidence is recorded in the register for this observation as of 2026-10-13. No search for counter-evidence has been recorded for this observation.

6. Why this grade

The argument for this grade has not yet been recorded for this observation.

The register defines WORKING as: A hypothesis or projection consistent with the evidence so far, but not yet confirmable.

7. Correction history

2026-10-13: BATCH 4 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from THE AUTHORITARIAN HIVE MIND — wording unchanged except as listed: "Adolescence falls inside the prefrontal window this project records," → "Adolescence falls inside the prefrontal window this project records on /the-hive-mind," (page-relative). The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction.

8. Related observations

HSRP-044 · ESTABLISHED · Developmental window and alcohol: PFC maturation 12-26 -- AMENDED by HSRP-297: mechanism added -- adolescent exposure thickens the perineuronal net during the window in which it forms, increasing PFC net density and PV ensheathment with cell counts intact, and a mediation analysis links this to diminished behavioural flexibility
Relation: not recorded
HSRP-344 · PROBABLE · Trauma is a modulator, not the root cause. It supplies the content, lowers the threshold, and armours the substrate, but does not create the mechanism.
Relation: not recorded
HSRP-550 · PROBABLE · Adult right-wing authoritarianism is about half heritable, and family-wide upbringing is not shown to create it: rearing measures that track it in biological families do not track it in adoptees.
Relation: not recorded
HSRP-551 · WORKING · Parents' goals and style are linked to it in adolescents, but parent and child share genes, so the link cannot separate rearing from inheritance; a chain from early upbringing to the adult character is not yet found.
Relation: not recorded

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

The Programmable Hive Mind
“The disposition forms mainly in adolescence and still moves in adulthood: durable, not permanent; that its formation falls inside the prefrontal window this project records is the project's observation — WORKING”

10. Open questions

Not yet recorded for this observation.

11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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