Complementary Justice
Effects of "Poor but Happy" and "Poor but Honest" Stereotype Exemplars on System Justification and Implicit Activation of the Justice Motive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron C Kay (0000-0001-7895-0987, Stanford Medicine), John T Jost (0000-0002-2844-4645, University of York) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 823-837 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.823 |
| PMID | 14599247 |
| OpenAlex | W1986828581 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 483 |
| References cited | 80 |
It was hypothesized that exposure to complementary representations of the poor as happier and more honest than the rich would lead to increased support for the status quo. In Study 1, exposure to "poor but happy" and "rich but miserable" stereotype exemplars led people to score higher on a general measure of system justification, compared with people who were exposed to noncomplementary exemplars. Study 2 replicated this effect with "poor but honest" and "rich but dishonest" complementary stereotypes. In Studies 3 and 4, exposure to noncomplementary stereotype exemplars implicitly activated justice concerns, as indicated by faster reaction times to justice-related than neutral words in a lexical decision task. Evidence also suggested that the Protestant work ethic may moderate the effects of stereotype exposure on explicit system justification (but not implicit activation)
Cognitive psychology · Economic Justice · Status quo · Stereotype (UML) · Stereotype threat · System Justification · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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