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The psychodynamics of prejudice have been extensively studied and documented. What is less well understood perhaps are the developmental steps that get the process started. This paper argues that to understand prejudice from a developmental point of view, two psychological processes must be understood: (1) the process whereby the mind arrives at its convictions; and (2) group concepts, their uses and abuses.