An emotional attitude excited by realization of a shortcoming or impropriety.
Guilt
Subjective feeling of having committed an error, offense or sin; unpleasant feeling of self-criticism. These result from acts, impulses, or thoughts contrary to one's personal conscience.
Scapegoating
Process in which the mechanisms of projection or displacement are utilized in focusing feelings of aggression, hostility, frustration, etc., upon another individual or group; the amount of blame being unwarranted.
Stereotyping
An oversimplified perception or conception especially of persons, social groups, etc.