Complementary justice: effects of "poor but happy" and "poor but honest" stereotype exemplars on system justification and implicit activation of the justice motive.

By Aaron C. Kay, John T. Jost. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Conservatives are happier than liberals, but why? Political ideology, personality, and life satisfaction (2012, background): “There are conceptual similarities between system justification and belief in a just world (Kay & Jost, 2003) and the measures were correlated (r = .40, p .001), although the reliability for the two-measure composite was not as high as desired (a = .57).”
Positive Stereotypes Are Pervasive and Powerful (2015, background): “Even positive stereotypes that imply an outgroup’s superiority (e.g., Asians are smart and successful) may evoke begrudging respect that, when paired with additional negative stereotypes (e.g., Asians are interpersonally cold), encourage an overall favorable view of the world (Kay & Jost, 2003).”
The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online (2019, background): “…has found that people are sensitive to justice and other moral concerns (Lerner & Miller, 1978; Schmitt, Baumert, Gollwitzer, & Maes, 2010), and violations of justice lead to a motivation to restore justice and make moral content more salient in the environment (Hafer, 2000; Kay & Jost, 2003).”
The Joy of Sexism? A Multinational Investigation of Hostile and Benevolent Justifications for Gender Inequality and Their Relations to Subjective Well-Being (2010, background): “…(or “ambivalent”) stereotypes (Cuddy and Fiske 2002; Deaux and Lewis 1984; Eagly and Steffen 1984; Fiske 1998; Fiske et al. 2002; Fiske et al. 1999; Jost and Kay 2005; Jost et al. 2005; Kay and Jost 2003; Kay et al. 2005; Kay et al. 2007; Langford and MacKinnon 2000; Williams and Best 1982).”
The dysfunctions of power in teams: A review and emergent conflict perspective (2017, background): “Namely, research shows that when power is salient, individuals help each other carve out unique identities (i.e. “ the poor are happier ” , e.g., Kay & Jost, 2003; Rucker et al., 2012), and create an optimal differentiation in the team which can improve members ’ self-esteem and thereby cooperation…”
Resistance to Change: A Social Psychological Perspective (2015, background): “Note: This scale was introduced by Kay and Jost (2003).”
Unpacking the inequality paradox: The psychological roots of inequality and social class. (2018, background): “…and is guided by research on psychological biases that bolster the status quo (Eidelman & Crandall, 2014; Jost, Banaji, & Nosek, 2004; Kay & Jost, 2003; Kraus, Park, & Tan, 2017; Magee & Galinsky, 2008; Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth, & Malle, 1994; Sidanius, Levin, Liu, & Pratto,…”
Fundamental dimensions of social judgment: understanding the relations between judgments of competence and warmth. (2005, background): “Histogram means presented are on a Ϫ2 to 2 scale. sense that there must be good qualities to everyone, so that this sort of comparison and compensation process operates (e.g., Kay & Jost, 2003).”