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Psychology Of Different Groups Of System Justification Theory

Posted on:2014-04-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S L YuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2267330401966656Subject:Applied Psychology
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System Justification Theory had been unanimously approved against negative stereotypes between different groups. Nearly20years of development, this theory to explain intergroup relations gained strong supports from the theoretical and empirical research. Which System Justification Theory for vulnerable groups, from the perspective of the outgroup preference explains the vulnerable groups made a positive role in the maintenance of the status quo. Compared to the Social Identity Theory, this theory was supplemented with development, both explained complement each other and influence on the psychological problems of the disadvantaged groups, to help people have a more comprehensive understanding of the vulnerable groups.This paper’s theoretical basis was System Justification Theory, the system justification questionnaire, the implicit/explicit of the social satisfaction questionnaire and reading material of the experiment both were used for collecting data, and the economic income and education were considered as the standard to classify vulnerable group members or other group members. The following conclusions:Firstly, the system justify tendency in the vulnerable groups of the economic income showed apparently. The vulnerable groups’level of system justification was higher than the dominant groups" level of system justification.Secondly, culture and education influenced on the level of system justification. It was showed the trend of increase with the increase in the level of education and culture. Behavioral intention of lower educational subjects showed lower system justification tendencies.Thirdly, the level of explicit social satisfaction decreased with the increase in the education level. There was no significant difference in the vulnerable groups’ implicit social satisfaction and dominant groups’implicit social satisfaction. Vulnerable groups showed outgroup preference.Fourthly, vulnerable groups in the case of the system was unreasonable, so their level of system justification was still higher than advantaged groups’ level of system justification. Vulnerable groups in recognition of their own stereotypes played a positive role in maintaining the status quo.
Keywords/Search Tags:System Justification Theory, Social Identity Theory, Vulnerable groups, Outgroup favoritism
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