Compensatory Institutional Trust: A “Dark Side” of Trust

Shockley, Ellie; Shepherd, Steven

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22261-5_11

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“…In other circumstances, however, people may more likely to depend on systems to provide positive life outcomes. Indeed, one important manifestation of system justification is trusting in the system to be able to perform its intended functions effectively (Napier et al ., ; Shockley & Shepherd, ).…”

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System justification: Experimental evidence, its contextual nature, and implications for social change

Friesen

Laurin

Shepherd

et al. 2018

British J Social Psychol

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We review conceptual and empirical contributions to system justification theory over the last fifteen years, emphasizing the importance of an experimental approach and consideration of context. First, we review the indirect evidence of the system justification motive via complimentary stereotyping. Second, we describe injunctification as direct evidence of a tendency to view the extant status quo (the way things are) as the way things should be. Third, we elaborate on system justification's contextual nature and the circumstances, such as threat, dependence, inescapability, and system confidence, which are likely to elicit defensive bolstering of the status quo and motivated ignorance of critical social issues. Fourth, we describe how system justification theory can increase our understanding of both resistance to and acceptance of social change, as a change moves from proposed, to imminent, to established. Finally, we discuss how threatened systems shore up their authority by co-opting legitimacy from other sources, such as governments that draw on religious concepts, and the role of institutional-level factors in perpetuating the status quo.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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System justification: Experimental evidence, its contextual nature, and implications for social change

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Shepherd

et al. 2018

British J Social Psychol

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“…In this perspective, it appears likely that inasmuch as the dominant historical memories may be used to legitimize the prevalent political system , individuals inclined to justify the status quo may also be prone to selectively remember past events that support the dominant line of historical memory. This connection between system justification and historical remembering is presumably more pronounced among those who strongly identify with their national group (see Szab o et al, 2020) and/or have strong trust in the government (Rubin, 2016;Shockley & Shepherd, 2016).…”

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Vincze

Jenei

Pólya

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Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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The purpose of the present study is to explore the organization of communicative memory among Hungarians. We were also interested in the factors possibly influencing the composition of communicative memory, such as conspiracy beliefs and system justification. The study involved 339 participants who were asked to name the three historical events that have occurred during the lifetime of people they personally knew and had the most significant impact on their country. A latent class analysis was conducted to explore possible associations of event choice with conspiracy beliefs and system justification. The results showed that the most frequently selected events partly corresponded to the Hungarian national historical canon, but progressive events significant on a European scale were also frequently nominated. The latent class analysis revealed two historical profiles. One was characterized by a progressive and Eurocentric view of history, whereas the other showed a canonical historical view with victimhood orientation. The analysis showed that individuals who believe in conspiracy theories were more likely to select events corresponding to the national historical canon, whereas system justification was unrelated to event choice. The results are discussed in terms of the importance of cultural memory and the measured individual constructs in the forming of communicative memory.

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“…Werden in Untersuchungen mehrere Analyseebenen berücksichtigt, zeigt sich oft, dass es ratsam ist, den Mechanismus Vertrauen nicht vorab normativ zu präjudizieren (vgl. Hörlin 2016;Strulik 2011;Morgner 2018;Shockley/Shepherd 2016;Hellmann 2002: 88).…”

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Systemvertrauen und Journalismus im Neoliberalismus

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2021

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Agent, Leistungsproduzent und Leistungsnehmer werden in der Arbeit im generischen Maskulinum verwendet. Bei den beiden erstgenannten handelt sich um analytische Begriffe, die von allen Personenmerkmalen (z.B. dem Geschlecht) abstrahieren. Gemeint sind nicht weiter spezifizierte Entitäten, die soziale Handlungen ausführen. Leistungsproduzenten und -nehmer sind Akteure, die nur durch eine Systemreferenz kategorisiert werden. Hier können individuelle oder korporative Akteure gemeint sein.

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Compensatory Institutional Trust: A “Dark Side” of Trust

Cited by 8 publications

References 40 publications

System justification: Experimental evidence, its contextual nature, and implications for social change

System justification: Experimental evidence, its contextual nature, and implications for social change

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Systemvertrauen und Journalismus im Neoliberalismus

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