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The ideology of three principle dimensions of the Contemporary Social Beliefs (CSB) survey instrument is explored to understand the liberal & conservative components in postindustrial society. In a methodological investigation of the CSB focused on authoritarianism & humanism, 96 female & 24 male students at the Spanish universities of Valencia & Castelleon completed the CSB, the Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) scale, & the Polarity Scale (PS), with the latter two adapted to Spanish. Analysis of the RWA yielded 6 factors; the sample did not score high on authoritarianism. For the PS, the sample was clearly high on humanism & low on normativity. Correlational analysis of the CSB & the RWA indicates that the latter presents a good alternative to the classic Adorno F scale. Per correlations with the PS, the hypothesized relations with the CSB held, although the sample was not typical of postindustrial society. 4 Tables, 4 Figures, 1 Appendix, 16 References. Adapted from the source document.