A Privileged Point of View
Effects of Subjective Socioeconomic Status on Naïve Realism and Political Division
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21453870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jazmin L Brown-Iannuzzi (0000-0002-2247-8385, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, corresponding author), Kristjen B Lundberg (0000-0003-3675-6945, University of Richmond, VA, USA), Aaron C Kay (0000-0001-7895-0987, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA), B Keith Payne (0000-0001-9651-5903, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-256 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0146-1672 • E-ISSN: 1552-7433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0146167220921043 |
| PMID | 32458734 |
| OpenAlex | W3030747277 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
In the United States, both economic inequality and political conflict are on the rise. We investigated whether subjective socioeconomic status (SSS) may help explain why these dual patterns emerge. We hypothesized that higher SSS may increase naïve realism—the belief that one perceives the world as it is, rather than as interpreted through one’s own knowledge and beliefs—regarding political issues. Using a representative sample of the American electorate, we found that higher SSS predicted more political naïve realism toward those from a different political party (Study 1). The remaining experiments examined the causal relationship between SSS and political naïve realism (Studies 2–5). We extended these findings by investigating whether SSS influenced participants’ willingness to exclude those with contrary views from a vote (Studies 4 and 5). Together, these studies demonstrate that SSS enhances political naïve realism and can lead to the exclusion of others with contrary opinions
Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Realism · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · SSS · Cultural Differences and Values · Demography · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |