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System justification theory is a theory within social psychology that system-justifying beliefs serve a psychologically palliative function.[1]

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  1. 67 relations: Ambivalence, Ambivalent sexism, Amygdala, Anterior cingulate cortex, Authority, Authority bias, Bolivia, British Journal of Social Psychology, Cognition, Cognitive dissonance, Consensus theory, Conservatism, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Demand characteristics, Depression (mood), Developmental psychology, Discrimination, Equal pay for equal work, European Review of Social Psychology, False consciousness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Gender pay gap, Groupthink, Hierarchy, Hurricane Katrina, Hypothesis, Identity (social science), Ideology, In-group and out-group, In-group favoritism, Internalized sexism, John Jost, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Just-world fallacy, Liberalism, Life satisfaction, List of cognitive biases, Locus of control, Marxist feminism, Meritocracy, Minority group, Morality, Motivation, Neuroscience, Neuroticism, Political Psychology, Politics of Bolivia, Progress trap, Protestant work ethic, Self-esteem, ... Expand index (17 more) »

  2. Cognitive inertia
  3. Political psychology
  4. Waste of resources

Ambivalence

Ambivalence is a state of having simultaneous conflicting reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object.

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Ambivalent sexism

Ambivalent sexism is a theoretical framework which posits that sexism has two sub-components: "hostile sexism" (HS) and "benevolent sexism" (BS).

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Amygdala

The amygdala (amygdalae or amygdalas; also corpus amygdaloideum; Latin from Greek, ἀμυγδαλή, amygdalē, 'almond', 'tonsil') is a paired nuclear complex present in the cerebral hemispheres of vertebrates.

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Anterior cingulate cortex

In the human brain, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is the frontal part of the cingulate cortex that resembles a "collar" surrounding the frontal part of the corpus callosum.

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Authority is commonly understood as the legitimate power of a person or group over other people. System justification and Authority are group processes.

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Authority bias

Authority bias is the tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority figure (unrelated to its content) and be more influenced by that opinion.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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The British Journal of Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Psychological Society.

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Cognition

Cognition is the "mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses".

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Cognitive dissonance

In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is described as the mental disturbance people feel when their cognitions and actions are inconsistent or contradictory. System justification and cognitive dissonance are Barriers to critical thinking and cognitive inertia.

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Consensus theory

Consensus theory is a social theory that holds a particular political or economic system as a fair system, and that social change should take place within the social institutions provided by it. System justification and Consensus theory are social theories.

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Conservatism

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. System justification and Conservatism are social theories.

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Current Directions in Psychological Science

Current Directions in Psychological Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal from the Association for Psychological Science (APS) that is published by SAGE Publications.

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Demand characteristics

In social research, particularly in psychology, the term demand characteristic refers to an experimental artifact where participants form an interpretation of the experiment's purpose and subconsciously change their behavior to fit that interpretation.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Developmental psychology

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives.

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Discrimination

Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation. System justification and Discrimination are Barriers to critical thinking.

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Equal pay for equal work

Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labour rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay.

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European Review of Social Psychology (ERSP) is an annual peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes review articles in the field of social psychology.

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False consciousness

In Marxist theory, false consciousness is a term describing the ways in which material, ideological, and institutional processes are said to mislead members of the proletariat and other class actors within capitalist societies, concealing the exploitation and inequality intrinsic to the social relations between classes. System justification and false consciousness are Error.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No.

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Gender pay gap

The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are working.

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Groupthink

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. System justification and Groupthink are conformity, Error and group processes.

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Hierarchy

A hierarchy (from Greek:, from, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.

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Hypothesis

A hypothesis (hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.

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Identity is the set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, and/or expressions that characterize a person or a group.

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Ideology

An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones".

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In-group and out-group

In social psychology and sociology, an in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. System justification and in-group and out-group are group processes.

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In-group favoritism

In-group favoritism, sometimes known as in-group–out-group bias, in-group bias, intergroup bias, or in-group preference, is a pattern of favoring members of one's in-group over out-group members. System justification and in-group favoritism are Barriers to critical thinking, Error and group processes.

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Internalized sexism

Internalized sexism is a form of sexist behavior and attitudes enacted by women toward themselves or other women and girls.

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John Jost

John Thomas Jost (born 1968) is a social psychologist best known for his work on system justification theory and the psychology of political ideology.

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Psychological Association that was established in 1965.

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Just-world fallacy

The just-world fallacy, or just-world hypothesis, is the cognitive bias that assumes that "people get what they deserve" – that actions will necessarily have morally fair and fitting consequences for the actor. System justification and just-world fallacy are Error and moral psychology.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law. System justification and Liberalism are social theories.

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Life satisfaction

Life satisfaction is an evaluation of a person's quality of life.

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List of cognitive biases

Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm and/or rationality in judgment.

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Locus of control

Locus of control is the degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces (beyond their influence), have control over the outcome of events in their lives.

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Marxist feminism

Marxist feminism is a philosophical variant of feminism that incorporates and extends Marxist theory.

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Meritocracy

Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth, social class, or race.

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Minority group

The term "minority group" has different usages, depending on the context.

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Morality

Morality is the categorization of intentions, decisions and actions into those that are proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong).

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Motivation

Motivation is an internal state that propels individuals to engage in goal-directed behavior.

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders.

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Neuroticism

Neuroticism is a personality trait associated with negative emotions.

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Political Psychology

Political Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published bimonthly by Wiley on behalf of the International Society of Political Psychology. System justification and Political Psychology are political psychology.

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Politics of Bolivia

The politics of Bolivia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is head of state, head of government and head of a diverse multi-party system.

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Progress trap

A progress trap is the condition human societies experience when, in pursuing progress through human ingenuity, they inadvertently introduce problems that they do not have the resources or the political will to solve for fear of short-term losses in status, stability or quality of life.

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Protestant work ethic

The Protestant work ethic, also known as the Calvinist work ethic or the Puritan work ethic, is a work ethic concept in sociology, economics, and history.

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Self-esteem

Self-esteem is confidence in one's own worth, abilities, or morals.

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Social change is the alteration of the social order of a society which may include changes in social institutions, social behaviours or social relations.

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Social dominance orientation (SDO) is a personality trait measuring an individual's support for social hierarchy and the extent to which they desire their in-group be superior to out-groups. System justification and social dominance orientation are Barriers to critical thinking, moral psychology and political psychology.

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Social dominance theory (SDT) is a social psychological theory of intergroup relations that examines the caste-like features of group-based social hierarchies, and how these hierarchies remain stable and perpetuate themselves. System justification and social dominance theory are moral psychology and political psychology.

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Social equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within society have equal rights, liberties, and status, possibly including civil rights, freedom of expression, autonomy, and equal access to certain public goods and social services.

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Social identity is the portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group.

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Social inequality occurs when resources within a society are distributed unevenly, often as a result of inequitable allocation practices that create distinct unequal patterns based on socially defined categories of people.

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Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups. System justification and Social norm are conformity.

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Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

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Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess.

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Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political).

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Status quo

italic is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, economic, legal, environmental, political, religious, scientific or military issues. System justification and Status quo are cognitive inertia.

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Status quo bias

A status quo bias is a cognitive bias which results from a preference for the maintenance of one's existing state of affairs. System justification and status quo bias are cognitive inertia and conformity.

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Stereotype

In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people. System justification and stereotype are Barriers to critical thinking.

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Tradition

A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Utopian thinking

Utopia denotes an imagined ideal society that, though nonexistent in reality, is envisioned as a perfect habitat for its members.

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Victim blaming

Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them. System justification and victim blaming are moral psychology.

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See also

Cognitive inertia

Political psychology

Waste of resources

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_justification

Also known as System Justification Theory.

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