Antecedents and Consequences of System-Justifying Ideologies

By John T. Jost, Orsolya Hunyady. 2005

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

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Evidence that gendered wording in job advertisements exists and sustains gender inequality. (2011, positive): “Individuals and groups hold a range of ideologies, belief systems, and stereotypes that justify the status quo (Jost & Hunyady, 2005; Napier, Mandisodza, An-dersen, & Jost, 2006), but individuals need not always be the driving force.”
Not All Ideologies are Created Equal: Epistemic, Existential, and Relational Needs Predict System-Justifying Attitudes (2012, background): “Importantly, this motivation varies as a function of both dispositional and situational factors (Jost & Hunyady, 2005; Jost & van der Toorn, 2012).”
Anxious attachment and belief in conspiracy theories (2018, background): “People are motivated to perceive their environment as safe and reassuring (Jost & Hunyady, 2005).”
Personal, Master, and Alternative Narratives: An Integrative Framework for Understanding Identity Development in Context (2016, background): “That is, like social norms, master narratives keep things running smoothly [for a similar perspective, see system justification theory, Jost & Hunyady, 2005].”
General Belief in A Just World and Resilience: Evidence from A Collectivistic Culture (2011, background): “…should be a kind of justification strategy that existing social arrangements are regarded as fair and justifiable (Jost, Banaji, & Nosek, 2004; Jost & Hunyady, 2005), and especially the transcending or complementary strategy in disadvantaged conditions (Fung, 1985; Kay & Jost, 2003; Kay et…”
Attitude Change in Competitive Framing Environments? Open-/Closed-Mindedness, Framing Effects, and Climate Change (2013, background): “…change, people who are closed-minded, as compared to those who are open-minded, tend to support the status quo and are more resistant to change (Jost & Hunyady, 2005; Sinatra, Kardash, Taasoobshirazi, & Lombardi, 2011), are less likely to be persuaded under conditions where they have a prior…”
The end of the end of ideology. (2006, background): “Shils therefore excluded the possibility of " system-justifying " ideologies altogether (see Jost & Hunyady, 2005).”
Shared Reality, System Justification, and the Relational Basis of Ideological Beliefs (2008, background): “…to at least some extent, dispositional and situational factors that stimulate the motivation to reduce uncertainty and threat also tend to increase the appeal of conservative, system-justifying beliefs and decrease the appeal of progressive, system-challenging beliefs ( Jost & Hunyady, 2005).”
“Elective Affinities”: On the Psychological Bases of Left–Right Differences (2009, positive): “It also suggests that political ideologies can be subjected readily to the kinds of social, cognitive, and motivational analyses favored by psychologists to explain how and why some individuals and groups justify whereas others contest existing “social and political arrangements” (eg, see Jost,”
Determinants and Measurement of Climate Change Risk Perception, Worry, and Concern (2017, background): “…the status quo, system justification theory suggests that some people will not only defend and justify the status quo but also adopt motivated perceptions to view the current system as stable, fair, just, and legitimate even when the system may be disadvantageous to others (Jost & Hunyady, 2005).”
Mental well-being in the religious and the non-religious: evidence for a curvilinear relationship (2011, background): “For example, system justification theory (Jost & Hunyady, 2005 ), the belief in a just world (Lerner, 1980 ), and terror management theory (Vail et al, 2010 ) all suggest that ideological confidence in a coherent worldview may buffer anxiety, and that religious belief may assist in increasing thi”
Is Sexism a Gender Issue? A Motivated Social Cognition Perspective on Men's and Women's Sexist Attitudes toward Own and Other Gender (2012, background): “Their desire to maintain epistemic order, stability and security in the social domain also makes high NFC individuals motivated to support ideologies that explain and justify existing social structures and group inequalities within social systems (Jost & Hunyady, 2005).”
Social psychological perspectives on the legitimation of social inequality: Past, present and future (2013, neutral): “Jost and Hunyady (2005) have identified a number of common system-justifying ideologies, including the Protestant work ethic, meritocratic assumptions, fair market ideology, belief in a just world, benevolent sexism, power distance, SDO, authoritarianism, and political conservatism.”
Fundamental motives: How evolutionary needs influence consumer behavior (2013, background): “Activating this motive leads people to take fewer risks (Lerner & Keltner, 2001), prefer the status quo (Jost & Hunyady, 2005), and, as mentioned earlier, be particularly averse to losses (Li et al., 2012).”