Non-conscious forms of system justification: Implicit and behavioral preferences for higher status groups

By John T. Jost, B. Pelham, Mauricio Carvallo. 2002

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

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The social psychology of stigma. (2005, background): “Several studies using indirect measures of collective self-esteem, however, show that whites demonstrate ingroup favoritism, whereas Latino, Asian, and African Americans demonstrate significant outgroup favoritism (favor whites) (Ashburn-Nardo et al. 2003, Jost et al. 2002, Nosek et al. 2002).”
Working for the System: Motivated Defense of Meritocratic Beliefs (2011, background): “Furthermore, although behavioral outcomes have rarely been examined in research on system justifi cation (but see Jost et al., 2002, for an important exception), the desire to view the existing social system as fair and legitimate should in theory infl uence not just people’s cognitive responses,…”
IS BEAUTIFUL ALWAYS GOOD? IMPLICIT BENEFITS OF FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS (2004, result): “In this way, we corroborate previous research documenting the linkage between groups or individuals high in social status and the automatic elicitation of positive attitudes ( Jost, Pelham, & Carvallo, 2002; Rudman, Feinberg, & Fairchild, 2002).”
TARGET ARTICLE: Attributions of Implicit Prejudice, or "Would Jesse Jackson 'Fail' the Implicit Association Test?" (2004, unknown): “In the famous lawyer–engineer problem, Kahneman and Tversky (1973) asked some participants to consider a set of 100 thumbnail descriptions of men, 70 of whom were engineers and 30 of whom were lawyers. The prior odds that a randomly selected description would be that of an engineer are thus 70/30. I”
Social Justice in Our Minds, Homes, and Society: The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Implicit Bias (2004, background): “For example, high status groups typically show stronger automatic ingroup bias, compared with low status groups, whether status is based on ethnicity, age, religion, physical attractiveness, SES, or college affiliation (Jost et al., 2002; Noseket al., 2002; Rudmanet al., 2002).”
Effects of Structural Position on Allocation and Evaluation Decisions for Scientists and Engineers in Industrial R&D (2007, background): “…June 2007 Effects of Structural Position the need for dominant groups to legitimize long-term inequality provide explanations for how inequality can exist over time without invoking resentment or unrest (Jackman, 1994; Jost and Banaji, 1994; Zelditch, 2001; Jost, Pelham, and Carvallo, 2002).”