Browsing Psychology by Subject "politics"
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On the Perpetuation of Ignorance: System Dependence, System Justification, and the Motivated Avoidance of Socio-Political Information
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-28)How do people cope when they feel uninformed or unable to understand important social issues, such as the environment, energy concerns, or the economy? One would intuitively expect that a lack of knowledge would motivate ... -
Women and (dis)interest in government: How the status quo affects attitudes toward female politicians and intentions to participate in politics
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-28)When people are motivated to justify their socio-political systems they come to view the current status quo as the most desirable status quo--a process termed injunctification (Kay et al., 2009). Here, two studies suggest ...