APS

29th APS Annual Convention

New Directions in System Justification Theory

Friday, May 26, 2017 · Boston, MA

Social

System justification theory was proposed by Jost and Banaji (1994) to explain how and why people defend, justify, and bolster aspects of the societal status quo, often at a nonconscious level of awareness. This symposium highlights new and exciting methodological and practical directions in which the theory has been applied.

Chairs & Discussants

  • John JostChair
    New York University
  • Mahzarin BanajiDiscussant
    Harvard University

Presentations

  1. A Functionalist Approach to System Justification TheoryKristin Laurin
  2. Dual Impacts of Misinformation and Motivated Reasoning on Climate Change Attitudes: A Mixed-Methods ApproachErin Hennes
  3. “One Nation Under God”: The System-Justifying Function of Symbolically Aligning God and GovernmentSteven Shepherd
  4. The Psychology and Neurobiology of System Justification and Political ActionHannah Nam