APS
29th APS Annual Convention
New Directions in System Justification Theory
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
- A Functionalist Approach to System Justification TheoryKristin Laurin
- Dual Impacts of Misinformation and Motivated Reasoning on Climate Change Attitudes: A Mixed-Methods ApproachErin Hennes
- “One Nation Under God”: The System-Justifying Function of Symbolically Aligning God and GovernmentSteven Shepherd
- The Psychology and Neurobiology of System Justification and Political ActionHannah Nam