Limitations of the scapegoat theory of prejudice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3934802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bohdan Zawadzki (City College of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1948 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-141 |
| Publication date | 1948-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0096-851X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/h0063279 |
| PMID | 18861375 |
| OpenAlex | W2071969997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 1 |
The traditional well-earned reputation theory explains prejudice entirely from stimulus characteristics of the groups, but is wrong in assuming that reputations are always accurate or well-deserved. The new scapegoat theory of prejudice pays attention only to motivation of the majority group. Frustration generates hostility, which is displaced to a defenseless minority group and rationalized by blaming the minority for misfortunes, by projecting bad traits on them, and by stereotyping all members of the minority. The theory fails to explain why certain minorities are chosen for prejudice while others are admired, and why minorities are also prejudiced. There is need for accurate study of characteristics of each group which antagonize others. In addition to scapegoating it is likely that conscious values and philosophies contribute to prejudice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Prejudice (legal term) · Psychoanalysis · Scapegoat · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Individual Differences in Sex Stereotyping of Occupations and Personality Traits
Another failure to demonstrate displacement of aggression
The stimulus qualities of the scapegoat
An experimental examination of the scapegoat theory of prejudice
The effects of mild frustration on the expression of prejudiced attitudes
From Game to War and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore
Definitions and methodology in the study of aggression
Stereotyping
Childhood prejudice as a function of parental ethnocentrism, punitiveness, and outgroup characteristics
Mood and the expression of ethnic stereotypes
Aggression toward outgroups as a function of authoritarianism and imitation of aggressive models
An individual and quantitative measure of stereotypes
Behavioral roots of person perception
Intergroup Relations
The social psychology of cross-cultural relations
The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Search for Scapegoats
Adolescents' Social Mobility Orientations in Relation to F-Scale Behavior
When Does Anti-Zionism Become Antisemitism? Evidence from Self-Identified American Christians
Blaming the unvaccinated during the Covid-19 pandemic
Prejudice Reduction and Collective Action
Attribution and Categorization Effects in the Representation of Gender Stereotypes
Flags on fire
Stereotypes and the perception of group differences
Interpersonal Perception
Support for Far Right Ideology and Anti-Migrant Attitudes among Youth in Europe
Simple but Powerful Models of Stereotype Formation
True’ Americans and ‘Violent’ Immigrants
Scapegoating Immigrants in Times of Personal and Collective Crises
Stereotype formation as trait aggregation
The politics and psychology of stereotyping
Probabilistic National Stereotypes
Stereotyping and contact with social groups
Intergroup Competition and Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration
Harmful Ideas, The Structure and Consequences of Anti‐Semitic Beliefs inPoland
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 1950 - 2026 (77) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |