Ingroup defenses like prejudice function primarily to restore an orderly worldview.
Evidence
To conclude, our mediational findings strongly suggest that mortality awareness is accompanied by a profound control deprivation that fuels compensatory responses aimed at restoring a sense of order in the world. Researchers investigating the contextual precursors and psychological functions of ingroup defenses, such as prejudice and xenophobia, may therefore want to pay particular attention to the order-offering features of these belief systems. — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending ingroups, 168
Categorization
- XREF: Encapsulates the crux of the reader’s purpose: the ‘order-offering content’ criterion is exactly what a hollowed-out identity would fail to supply fortifying structure. — connects to: Mortality salience effects grow over time while uncertainty and meaninglessness effects decay. — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending…, 163; Boredom salience serves as a comparison condition to isolate control restoration from meaning maintenance. — Dmitrij Agroskin and Eva Jonas, Controlling death by defending…, 83; Denigrating outsiders can be used to defend one’s own worldview. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 78 (+1 more)
Related
- Death-thought accessibility does not mediate mortality salience effects on ingroup defense. (similarity 0.82)
- Denigrating outsiders can be used to defend one’s own worldview. (similarity 0.81)
- Outgroup difference threatens the death-buffering worldview, driving defensive prejudice (similarity 0.81)
- Ingroup defense functions as a compensatory control mechanism when personal control is lost. (similarity 0.81)
- Boredom salience serves as a comparison condition to isolate control restoration from meaning maintenance. (similarity 0.81)
- Mortality salience triggers ingroup defense through control deprivation (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Denigrating outsiders can be used to defend one’s own worldview.
#corroborates(0.85) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 78 - Prejudice persists because it serves psychological functions, not merely misperception
#expands(0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2565