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| System Justification Theory: System Justification Theory in psychology proposes that people have a psychological tendency to defend, justify, and rationalize the status quo, often even at the expense of personal and group interest. This theory suggests that individuals are motivated to see existing social, economic, and political arrangements as fair and legitimate, sometimes leading to the acceptance of inequality. See also Justification, Justice, Fairness, Behavior, Social behavior, Rationalization._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Psychological Theories on System Justification Theory - Dictionary of Arguments
Haslam I 171 Def System justification theory/psychological theories: (Jost and Banaji, 1994)(1): here evidence for ingroup favouritism Haslam I 172 is used to suggest that groups (especially those with high-status) often seek to justify their position through displays of bias towards others. Problems: it is not clear whether the reference to the social identity theory of Tajfel is accurate. >Social Identity Theory/Tajfel, >Minimal group/Tajfel, >Social Identity/Tajfel. Especially for the interpretation of the results see >Method/Tajfel. 1. Jost, J.T. and Banaji, M.R. (1994) ‘The role of stereotyping in system-justification and the production of false consciousness’, British Journal of Social Psychology, 33: 1–27. Russell Spears and Sabine Otten,“Discrimination. Revisiting Tajfel’s minimal group studies“, in: Joanne R. Smith and S. Alexander Haslam (eds.) 2017. Social Psychology. Revisiting the Classic studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Psychological Theories Haslam I S. Alexander Haslam Joanne R. Smith Social Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2017 |
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