System justification theory is a theory within social psychology that system-justifying beliefs serve a psychologically palliative function. It proposes...

Justification (also called epistemic justification) is a property of beliefs that fulfill certain norms about what a person should believe. Epistemologists...

development of what would later become system justification theory. According to Jost and Banaji, system justification theory is constructed around the notion...

established social psychological concepts such as collective action and system justification. The term "utopia" gained widespread usage following the publication...

Major Postulates, and Practical Relevance of System Justification Theory", A Theory of System Justification, Harvard University Press, pp. 49–69, 2020-07-14...

but rather the ideology that they are currently aware of.: 271  System justification theory posits that people tend to defend existing society, even at...

In Christian theology, justification is the event or process by which sinners are made or declared to be righteous in the sight of God. In the 21st century...

Jost, J. T.; Banaji, M. R. (1994). "The role of stereotyping in system-justification and the production of false consciousness". British Journal of Social...

focusing on information seeking goals to focusing on emotional goals. System justification theory – proposes that people have a motivation to defend and bolster...

(born 1968) is a social psychologist best known for his work on system justification theory and the psychology of political ideology. Jost received his...