Prejudice pits repressed id impulses against an externalized, conventional superego.
Evidence
Viewed psychologically, the conflict is between certain foreconscious or repressed id tendencies on the one hand and the superego, or its more or less externalized, conventional substitute, on the other. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 442
Categorization
- DEFINE: Translates the ideological conflict into Freudian metapsychology — id, superego, and their externalized substitute.
- XREF: connects to: Prejudiced individuals misattribute their dislike to group attributes rather than vice versa. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 841; Prejudice arises from group identities rather than individual psychology — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 142; Prejudice stems from identity needs, not personality or resource competition — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 137 (+4 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Prejudiced individuals misattribute their dislike to group attributes rather than vice versa. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 841; Prejudice arises from group identities rather than individual psychology — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 142; Prejudice stems from identity needs, not personality or resource competition — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 137 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Freud traced scapegoating to conflict between a punitive superego and repressed id impulses
#expands(0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1562 - Others’ disapproval can rival inner conviction in constraining prejudice
#complicates(0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2120 - Prejudiced individuals misattribute their dislike to group attributes rather than vice versa.
#complicates(0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 841