Ethnocentrism provides a source of egotistic satisfaction, through comparing others with oneself. Stereotype and Categorical Treatment afford a convenient grouping for people of whom one is ignorant. Lumping such people together under a popular stereotyped description saves time and thought and affords a convenient grouping. Scapegoat provides a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one's personal life or in the community. Projection provides an outlet for projecting one's tensions and frustrations onto other people.
Authoritarian personality symbolizes one's affiliation with a more dominant group.
It is important to be aware of one's biases, so that one can double check decisions to ensure accurate and fair decision-making. Feeling of superiority Self-assured feeling on the part of certain individuals that they are superior or better than others which is frequently expressed in inappropriate jokes. Disparaging remarks directed to those regarded as inferiors, such as, lazy, too aggressive, stupid, tricky, deceitful, clannish, pushy, and others. A feeling that the other group is alien or different which promotes the social exclusion of members of a particular group and blocks any acceptance of a person on individual merit. These feelings foster aversion, dislike, or even open hostility against persons of a different group.