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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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A Decade of System Justification Theory: Accumulated Evidence of Conscious and Unconscious Bolstering of the Status Quo
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Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists
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Trauma of Sioux Indian High School Students
TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted among Sioux Indian high school students in Canada using an ethnographic methodology to examine the factors that impact their academic performance during the transition from reserve elementary school to public high school.
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Mock Juror Attribution of Criminal Responsibility: Effects of Race and the Guilty But Mentally III (GBMI) Verdict Option1
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined three questions relevant to the insanity defense: Does the availability of the alternative verdict “Guilty But Mentally III” affect juror assessment of criminal responsibility? Does race of defendant significantly affect decision-making about who should be acquitted under the insanity defence? And does race of victim significantly influence how jurors decide their final insanity defense verdicts?
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Darwinism, Dominance, and Democracy: The Biological Bases of Authoritarianism
Albert Somit,Steven A. Peterson +1 more
TL;DR: Darwinism and Democracy: The Problem of the Missing Polity Democracy as Rara Avis: The Empirical Evidence Prerequisites of Democracy: Necessary but Not Quite Sufficient Will the Real Democracies Please Stand Up The Neo-Darwinian Case and Supporting Evidence Dominance and Hierarchy Obedience Indoctrinability Democratic Philosophy: From Ugly Duckling to Irresistible Swan Policy Policy Implications.
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Sex Differences in Socio-Political Attitudes Revisited.
TL;DR: In this paper, the Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (595/84) supported by grants from the Swedish National Research Council (SRC) and the Swedish Academy of Sciences (SAS).