People often support and justify social systems, even when those systems disadvantage them. But why?

In this new review article, we address this question using a social identity model of system attitudes (SIMSA).

Open access: https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2022.2046422

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Why do people support economic, social, and political systems that disadvantage them?

Our new work, led by @chuma_owuam, finds further evidence that system justification by the disadvantaged can be explained in terms of people's social identification with superordinate groups (e.g., national identification).

Open access: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366556944_Further_evidence_that_system_justification_amongst_the_disadvantaged_is_positively_related_to_superordinate_group_identification

#SocialPsychology
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Why do people support economic, social, and political systems that disadvantage them?

Our new work, led by @chuma_owuam, finds further evidence that system justification by the disadvantaged can be explained in terms of people's identification with superordinate groups (e.g., national identification).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366556944_Further_evidence_that_system_justification_amongst_the_disadvantaged_is_positively_related_to_superordinate_group_identification

#SocialPsychology
@socialpsych
#SystemJustification
#SocialIdentity
#SIMSA

Why do people support economic, social, and political systems that disadvantage them?

Our new work, led by @chuma_owuam, finds further evidence that system justification by the disadvantaged can be explained in terms of people's identification and favouritisim towards superordinate groups (e.g., national identification).

Owuamalam, Caricati, Matos, Spears, Rubin, Marinucci, & Ferrari. (2022): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366556944_Further_evidence_that_system_justification_amongst_the_disadvantaged_is_positively_related_to_superordinate_group_identification

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#WhitePrivilege #SystemJustification #Jost #Nosek #IAT #Invalid #FalseFeedback #PseudoScientificRacism

So, can we know talk about Jost and Nosek's analysis of the Black unconscious?

https://replicationindex.com/2021/07/28/the-race-implicit-association-test-is-biased/