Inequality, Discrimination, and the Power of the Status Quo: Direct Evidence for a Motivation to See the Way Things Are as the Way They Should Be

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-434

  Kay, Aaron C ^a   Gaucher, Danielle ^a   Peach, Jennifer M ^a   Laurin, Kristin ^a   Friesen, Justin ^a   Zanna, Mark P ^a   Spencer, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

affirmative action; discrimination; inequality; naturalistic fallacy; system justification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; RATIONALIZATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYSTEMS THEORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949207076     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015997     Document Type: Article

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