PSYC1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Scapegoating, Authoritarianism, Stereotype

• School: ANU
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1004
• Professor: Professor Michael Platow

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Psycho - dynamic: well-integrated psychological analysis, prejudice related to frustration, prejudice due to a distinct personality syndrome which they called authoritarianism. Dollard et al (1944: psychodynamic origins (i. e. freud, experience of frustration (e. g. goals not achieved, source of frustration beyond reach (e. g. more powerful, displacement of aggression onto less powerful targets --> (cid:272)apegoati(cid:374)g(cid:863, supporting evidence: Hovland & sears (1940) found that the number of lynchings of black people in the american south increased when economic conditions worsened (e. g. low price of cotton) (late 19th early 20th century). Germany (e. g. dangerous, evil, shrewd) and through creati(cid:374)g a (cid:858)the(cid:373)(cid:859) it is possi(cid:271)le to (cid:272)reate a(cid:374) (cid:858)us(cid:859): je(cid:449)s are e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g that ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)s are not. Personality & prejudice: some aspects of personality are more likely to foster prejudicial attitudes, authoritarian personality (adorno, 1950) Individual attitudes to different out groups and minorities strongly correlated --