Children adopt prejudice levels fitted to their personalities once identity stabilizes

Evidence

Other researchers have replaced Allport’s negative evaluation metatheory with a new metatheory based on the importance of group membership. According to this view, ‘prejudice is bound up with the dynamics of ongoing intergroup relations, and the way that people make sense of these relations and form a shared collective view of their social world’ (Reynolds et al . 2012 , pp. 49–50). Prejudice fl ows not from the psychology of individuals, but from social identities and social/political ideologies that are associated with these (Turner and Reynolds, 2003 ). — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 142 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Social identity theorists such as Tajfel and Turner (Reading 16) found fault with both theories of authoritarianism and realistic group conflict as suitable explanations for ethnocentrism and outgroup hostility. They suggested that prejudice is neither the result of personality defects, as proposed by authoritarianism researchers, nor purely a consequence of competition for scarce resources, as claimed by realistic conflict theorists. Rather, Tajfel and Turner argued that people derive a sense of self-worth and social belongingness from their memberships in groups, and so they are motivated to draw favorable comparisons between their own group and other groups. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 137 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adolescents lack defenses against social pressure before identity forms — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1445; Personality traits determine whether adolescents accept or reject learned prejudice — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1981; Prejudice stems from identity needs, not personality or resource competition — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 137 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Prejudice arises from group identities rather than individual psychology #complicates (0.80) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 142
• Prejudice stems from identity needs, not personality or resource competition #complicates (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 137