System justification predicts distinct stereotype patternings and content

Evidence

Jost and Banaji (1994) proposed that there are three major ways in which stereotypes serve as “justificatory devices,” namely as forms of egojustification, group-justification, and system-justification. Only the first of these functions (ego-justification) had received any real attention from psychologists of Allport’s generation, and insights concerning the second function (group-justification) coalesced later (e.g., Tajfel, 1981). Skeletal versions of the third function (system-justification) are discernible in Allport’s (1954/1979) discussions of the “exploitation theory of prejudice” on pp. 209–11 and of “structural views” on pp. 504–6, but it seems that he could not quite integrate a sociological perspective on the American class system with his psychological analysis of rationalization. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1394 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: System justification theory attributes stereotype endorsement to status-quo legitimization — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 140; Stereotype content adapts to serve a resistant underlying attitude; Conflicting stereotype traits reveal justification logic overriding consistency — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1371 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Ego, group, and system justification are stereotypes’ three justificatory functions #expands (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1394