Direct projection attributes one’s own disowned traits to another person.

Evidence

Allport (1954) refers to this as direct projection; an attribute that lies within oneself is attributed to another (e.g., it is others, not I, who have per­ verse sexual desires). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 747

Categorization

• DEFINE: Glick/Allport’s technical term ‘direct projection’ with a clarifying example.
• XREF: connects to: Projection lets prejudiced people condemn in outgroups the traits they secretly possess — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2345; Prejudiced people disown their own negative traits and project them outward — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 543; Projection makes outgroup accusations reveal the perceiver’s own rejected traits — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2345 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Projection lets prejudiced people condemn in outgroups the traits they secretly possess #exemplifies (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2345
• Prejudiced people disown their own negative traits and project them outward #expands (0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 543
• Projection makes outgroup accusations reveal the perceiver’s own rejected traits #exemplifies (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2345
• Projected outgroup traits mirror the very weaknesses subjects deny in themselves #exemplifies (0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 547
• Suppressing one’s own bad traits leads to harshly stereotyping outgroups on exactly that trait #exemplifies (0.90)
• Repressors project their denied traits onto others more than nonrepressors #corroborates (0.90) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2356
• Enmity is constituted by projecting one’s own aggression onto the other #exemplifies (0.85) — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 443