Not All Ideologies are Created Equal: Epistemic, Existential, and Relational Needs Predict System-Justifying Attitudes

By Erin P. Hennes, H. Nam, Chadly Stern, John T. Jost. 2012

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

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Are neoliberals more susceptible to bullshit? (2016, background): “Endorsement of fair market ideology was also associated with selfdeception and economic system justification, which is negatively correlated with personal need for cognition (Hennes et al., 2012).”
The marketplace of ideology: “Elective affinities” in political psychology and their implications for consumer behavior (2017, background): “Importantly, the effects of epistemic, existential, and relational motives on political attitudes were mediated by system justification (Hennes et al., 2012).”
The Politics of Fear: Is There an Ideological Asymmetry in Existential Motivation? (2017, background): “…that the justification of economic inequality under capitalism is at least partly motivated by existential motives to manage threats associated with economic protest and mass rebellion (e.g., Adorno et al., 1950; Altemeyer, 1998; Hennes et al., 2012; Jost et al., 2003; Sidanius & Pratto, 1999).”
A quarter century of system justification theory: Questions, answers, criticisms, and societal applications (2018, background): “This is precisely why I argue that challenging the system– and pushing for social change – aggravates feelings of uncertainty and threat and triggers backlash (Hennes et al., 2012; Jost & Hunyady, 2005; Jost et al., 2008a, 2017b).”
Political Neuroscience: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship (2014, background): “3) Personal needs for order, structure, and cognitive closure are positively associated with resistance to change, acceptance of inequality, system justification, political conservatism, and right-wing orientation (Chirumbolo, Areni, & Sensales, 2004; Critcher, Huber, Ho, & Koleva, 2009; Dollinger, ”
Missing in (Collective) Action (2017, unknown): “According to system-justification theory, most people are motivated to defend, bolster, and justify the social, economic, and political systems on which they depend ( Jost & van der Toorn, 2012). This, we submit, helps to explain the “pervasive tranquility” in society observed by Kinder and Sears (1”
The Role of Conspiracist Ideation and Worldviews in Predicting Rejection of Science (2013, background): “On this view, the driving psychological force that is underlying the rejection of science is ‘‘system justification’’ [42,43]; that is, a person’s need to perceive the current political and economic system as fair, legitimate, and stable.”