Guilt is presumed to motivate people to control their prejudiced responses

Evidence

During the period of conflict in which people struggle with the inconsistencies between their values and their prejudice, Allport presumed that guilt would engender efforts to bring responses and values in line. People would, in effect, “put brakes upon their prejudices” (Allport, 1954/1979, p. 332). Allport was not terribly specific about how this would occur, merely suggesting that people “do not act [their prejudices] out – or act them out only to a certain point. Something stops the logical progression somewhere” (p. 332). Putting the brakes on prejudice requires exerting some type of control. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2108

During the period of conflict in which people struggle with the inconsistencies between their values and their prejudice, Allport presumed that guilt would engender efforts to bring responses and values in line. People would, in effect, “put brakes upon their prejudices” (Allport, 1954/1979, p. 332). Allport was not terribly specific about how this would occur, merely suggesting that people “do not act [their prejudices] out – or act them out only to a certain point. Something stops the logical progression somewhere” (p. 332). Putting the brakes on prejudice requires exerting some type of control. In recent years, two specific lines of research have directly addressed what it means to “put the brakes” on prejudice (Devine & Monteith, 1999). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2108

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2108; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2108
• XREF: connects to: Glorification predicts exonerating cognitions that blunt group-based guilt. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 48; Guilt is deeply unpleasant because it threatens one’s self-image as good — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1815; Guilt works as motivation whose intensity tracks the cost of required action. — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 61 (+3 more)