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Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression
Jim Sidanius,Felicia Pratto +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a theory of intergroup relations from visiousness to viciousness, and the psychology of group dominance, as well as the dynamics of the criminal justice system.Abstract:
Part I. From There to Here - Theoretical Background: 1. From visiousness to viciousness: theories of intergroup relations 2. Social dominance theory as a new synthesis Part II. Oppression and its Psycho-Ideological Elements: 3. The psychology of group dominance: social dominance orientation 4. Let's both agree that you're really stupid: the power of consensual ideology Part III. The Circle of Oppression - The Myriad Expressions of Institutional Discrimination: 5. You stay in your part of town and I'll stay in mine: discrimination in the housing and retail markets 6. They're just too lazy to work: discrimination in the labor market 7. They're just mentally and physically unfit: discrimination in education and health care 8. The more of 'them' in prison, the better: institutional terror, social control and the dynamics of the criminal justice system Part IV. Oppression as a Cooperative Game: 9. Social hierarchy and asymmetrical group behavior: social hierarchy and group difference in behavior 10. Sex and power: the intersecting political psychologies of patriarchy and empty-set hierarchy 11. Epilogue.read more
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Consumer animosity, economic hardship, and normative influence: how do they affect consumers' purchase intention?
Yu-An Huang,Ian Phau,Chad Lin +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the LISREL structural equation modeling software was used to examine the concept of consumer animosity, model its antecedents, and assess its influence on intention to purchase.
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Panglossian Ideology In The Service Of System Justification: How Complementary Stereotypes Help Us To Rationalize Inequality
Aaron C. Kay,John T. Jost,Anesu N. Mandisodza,Steven J. Sherman,John V. Petrocelli,Amy L. Johnson +5 more
TL;DR: The authors show that incidental exposure to complementary gender and status stereotypes leads people to show enhanced ideological support for the status quo and when the legitimacy or stability of the system is threatened, people often respond by using complementary stereotypes to bolster the system.
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Self-protective biases in group categorization: threat cues shape the psychological boundary between "us" and "them".
TL;DR: Findings indicate that ecologically relevant threat cues within both the target and the perceiver interact to bias the way people initially parse the social world into ingroup vs. outgroup.
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Obesity discrimination: the role of physical appearance, personal ideology, and anti-fat prejudice
TL;DR: Self-report measures of prejudice act as surrogates for discrimination, but there has been no empirical support for the validity of explicit measures of anti-fat prejudice, so the UMB, authoritarianism, and physical appearance investment predicted obesity discrimination.
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