Frustration-aggression theory fused Freudian displacement and catharsis into the dominant scapegoating model

Evidence

Dollard et al. combined the hypothesis that frustration inevitably results in an instigation to aggress with Freudian concepts—the need for psychic energy to find an outlet, the defense mechanisms of displacement, projection, and catharsis— to create the most frequently cited version of scapegoating. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 735

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the canonical mechanism (frustration to aggression, displaced and discharged) that Glick’s chapter is arguing against or moving past.
• XREF: connects to: Scapegoating theories differ on frustration’s source but share an irrational-displacement core — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1569; Psychodynamic and frustration-aggression theories differ only in frustration’s source — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1566; Aggression can be heightened by frustrations unrelated to the target — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2280

Broader Connections

• Scapegoating theories differ on frustration’s source but share an irrational-displacement core #expands (0.85) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1569
• Aggression can be heightened by frustrations unrelated to the target #exemplifies (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2280
• Psychodynamic and frustration-aggression theories differ only in frustration’s source #complicates (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1566