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The psychological bases of ideology and prejudice

Testing a dual process model

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ID6200744
AuthorsJohn Duckitt (0000-0002-1018-3467, University of Auckland), Claire Wagner (0000-0001-6758-2891, University of Pretoria), Ilouize Du Plessis (University of Pretoria), Ingrid Birum
Year2002
Volume83
Issue1
Pages75-93
Publication date2002-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.83.1.75
PMID12088134
OpenAlexW2015424626
LanguageEN
Citations received307
References cited74

The issue of personality and prejudice has been largely investigated in terms of authoritarianism and social dominance orientation. However, these seem more appropriately conceptualized as ideological attitudes than as personality dimensions. The authors describe a causal model linking dual dimensions of personality, social world view, ideological attitudes, and intergroup attitudes. Structural equation modeling with data from American and White Afrikaner students supported the model, suggesting that social conformity and belief in a dangerous world influence authoritarian attitudes, whereas toughmindedness and belief in a competitive jungle world influence social dominance attitudes, and these two ideological attitude dimensions influence intergroup attitudes. The model implies that dual motivational and cognitive processes, which may be activated by different kinds of situational and intergroup dynamics, may underlie 2 distinct dimensions of prejudice

Authoritarianism · Cognition · Conformity · Democracy · Ideology · Personality · Politics · Prejudice (legal term) · Social cognition · Social dominance orientation · Cultural Differences and Values · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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