Family scapegoats may experience social challenges such as "feeling like they can trust others, feeling like it's safe to be ...

Children who are raised in a dysfunctional family often do anything they can to survive day-to-day. Some kids align themselves with their parents as a self-protective measure, while others are put in ...

On Nov. 7, 1938, a young Polish Jew, Herschel Grynszpan, shot a German diplomat, Ernst vom Rath, in France. As a result of this incident, the Nazi Party stoked the anger of the German public. It led ...

The Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt. Source: Wikicommons The ego defense of displacement plays an important role in scapegoating, in which uncomfortable feelings such as anger, frustration, envy, ...

Focusing public attention on a scapegoat is a favorite tactic of authoritarian leaders. The process begins with selecting a scapegoat — a small, vulnerable group of people with little ability to fight ...

Have you ever been made the scapegoat? If you have, you will know how it feels. To scapegoat someone is to project all ...

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