A Psychological Advantage for the Status Quo

Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Eidelman, Scott ^a   Crandall, Christian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Evaluative processes; Psychological advantage; Status quo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920418517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320916.003.004     Document Type: Chapter

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