The Nature of Prejudice¶
Allport, G. W. (1954). The Nature of Prejudice. Addison-Wesley.
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Primes¶
- Ethnocentrism
- Allport's work on prejudice
This sourceClassic analysis establishing the contact hypothesis: prejudice is reduced by intergroup contact under equal status, common goals, cooperation, and institutional support, whereas displaced-hostility/scapegoating dynamics persist when only surface attitudes are targeted.
- Allport's work on prejudice
- In-Group / Out-Group
- Allport's (1954) analysis of prejudice made this separation foundational, distinguishing the cognitive act of categorization from the affective and behavioral asymmetries that accrue to it.
This sourceClassic analysis of how out-groups absorb displaced hostility during periods of frustration; supports markedness and vulnerability as drivers of target selection and the political folk-devil case of cohesion consolidated against a visible, low-power target.
- Allport's (1954) analysis of prejudice made this separation foundational, distinguishing the cognitive act of categorization from the affective and behavioral asymmetries that accrue to it.
- Scapegoating
- The selection of that locus is governed not by causal responsibility but by markedness, visibility, and vulnerability, a regularity Allport (1954) documented in his classic analysis of how out-groups absorb displaced hostility during periods of frustration.
This sourceClassic analysis of how out-groups absorb displaced hostility during periods of frustration; supports markedness and vulnerability as drivers of target selection and the political folk-devil case of cohesion consolidated against a visible, low-power target.
- The selection of that locus is governed not by causal responsibility but by markedness, visibility, and vulnerability, a regularity Allport (1954) documented in his classic analysis of how out-groups absorb displaced hostility during periods of frustration.
- Stereotyping
- As Allport (1954) detailed in his foundational treatment of prejudice, the agent observes a category cue (race, gender, age, occupation, nationality), activates an associated prototype or expectation, and projects that expectation onto the individual without detailed assessment.
This sourceClassic analysis of how out-groups absorb displaced hostility during periods of frustration; supports markedness and vulnerability as drivers of target selection and the political folk-devil case of cohesion consolidated against a visible, low-power target.
- As Allport (1954) argued in The Nature of Prejudice, clarity here redirects attention from moral judgment ("Are stereotypes bad?") to structural mechanism ("How are categories being applied to individuals, and what information is being lost in that compression?").
This sourceReframes the analysis of stereotypes from moral judgment ("are they bad?") to structural mechanism ("how is category information being applied to individuals?")—surfacing the cognitive operation that makes prejudice possible.
- As Allport (1954) detailed in his foundational treatment of prejudice, the agent observes a category cue (race, gender, age, occupation, nationality), activates an associated prototype or expectation, and projects that expectation onto the individual without detailed assessment.
Mechanisms¶
- Bridge Panel or Boundary-Spanner Session
- This is why its enabling conditions matter — the contact hypothesis
This sourceExplains that the contact hypothesis links prejudice reduction to intergroup contact under qualifying conditions such as equal status, cooperation, common goals, and authority support.
- This is why its enabling conditions matter — the contact hypothesis
- Cooperative Contact Program
- Provide institutional backing. Visible support from a legitimate host signals that cooperation is expected and protected, which is one of the classic enabling conditions for contact to work.
This sourceIdentifies support by authorities, law, or custom as a favorable condition for prejudice-reducing intergroup contact.
- Provide institutional backing. Visible support from a legitimate host signals that cooperation is expected and protected, which is one of the classic enabling conditions for contact to work.
- Voluntary Contact Session
- It is the operational core of Allport's contact hypothesis, which held that contact reduces prejudice not automatically but under enabling conditions — equal status, cooperation toward common goals, and supportive sponsorship.
This sourceFrames prejudice-reducing contact as conditional on equal status, common goals, cooperation, and authority support.
- It is the operational core of Allport's contact hypothesis, which held that contact reduces prejudice not automatically but under enabling conditions — equal status, cooperation toward common goals, and supportive sponsorship.
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