System justification as conscious and nonconscious goal pursuit.

John T. Jost; Janina Pietrzak; Ido Liviatan; Anesu Mandisodza; Jaime L. Napier

System justification as conscious and nonconscious goal pursuit.

John T. Jost, Janina Pietrzak, Ido Liviatan, Anesu Mandisodza, Jaime L. Napier

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Abstract

In attempting to understand why acquiescence in the face of injustice is so prevalent and why social change is so rare and difficult to accomplish, system justification theory posits that -- to varying degrees, depending on both situational and dispositional factors -- people are motivated to defend, justify, and rationalize the status quo (e.g., Jost, Banaji, et al., 2004; Jost & Hunyady, 2002, 2005). In this chapter we focus on the motivational basis of system justification, the palliative function it serves, and the implications of the theory for the dynamics of social change. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of motivation science.
Editors	James Y. Shah, Wendi L. Gardner
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	The Guilford Press
Pages	591-605
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	1593855680, 9781593855680
State	Published - 1 Jan 2008

Keywords

Conscious (Personality Factor)
Goals
Motivation
Social Change
Unconscious (Personality Factor)
Theories

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System justification as conscious and nonconscious goal pursuit.

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