Defending or Challenging the Status Quo: Position Effects on Biased Intergroup Perceptions

Defending or Challenging the Status Quo: Position Effects on Biased Intergroup Perceptions

The default ideological position is status quo maintaining, and challenging the status quo is associated with increased efforts and risks. Nonetheless, some people choose to challenge the status quo. Therefore, to challenge the status quo should imply a strong belief in one’s position as the correct...

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Main Authors: Emma A. Bäck, Torun Lindholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
intergroup biases
status quo
position effects
numerical status
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/158

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