Table of Contents

Foreword: Why Political Psychology Is Important - George Lakoff1. Introduction: Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification - John T. Jost, Aaron C. Kay and Hulda Thorisdottir2. American Moral Exceptionalism - Eric Luis Uhlmann, T. Andrew Poehlman, and John A. Bargh3. On the Automaticity of American Nationalism - Melissa J. Ferguson, Travis J. Carter, and Ran R. Hassin4. On the Psychological Advantage of the Status Quo - Scott Eidelman and Chris Crandall5. Belief in a Just World, Perceived Fairness, and Justification of the Status Quo - Carolyn L. Hafer and Becky L. Choma6. Disentangling Reasons and Rationalizations: Exploring Perceived Fairness in Hypothetical Societies - Greg Mitchell and Phillip E. Tetlock7. A Contextual Analysis of the System Justification Motive and Its Societal Consequences - Aaron C. Kay and Mark Zanna8. The Social Psychology of Uncertainty Management and System Justification - Kees van den Bos9. Political Ideology in the 21st Century: A Terror Management Perspective on Maintenance and Change of the Status Quo - Jacqueline Anson, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon, and Jeff Greenberg10. No Atheists in Foxholes: Motivated Reasoning and Religious Belief - Robb Willer11. Motivated Social Cognition and Ideology: Is Attention to Elite Discourse a Prerequisite for Epistemically Motivated Political Affinities? - Christopher M. Federico and Paul Goren12. A Dual Process Motivational Model of Ideological Attitudes and System Justification - John Duckitt and Chris G. Sibley13. Statewide Differences in Personality Predict Voting Patterns in 1996-2004 U.S. Presidential Elections - P. Jason Rentfrow, Sam Gosling, John T. Jost, and Jeffrey Potter14. Procedural Justice and the Psychology of Justification - Irina Feygina and Tom R. Tyler15. Planet of the Durkheimians, Where Community, Authority, and Sacredness are Foundations of Morality - Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham16. Ideology of the Good Old Days: Exaggerated Perceptions of Moral Decline and Conservative Politics - Richard P. Eibach and Lisa K. Libby17. Group Status and Feelings of Personal Entitlement: The Roles of Social Comparison and System-Justifying Beliefs - Laurie T. O'Brien and Brenda Major18. Ambivalent Sexism at Home and at Work: How Attitudes Toward Women in Relationships Foster Exclusion in the Public Sphere - Mina Cikara, Tiana L. Lee, Susan T. Fiske, and Peter Glick19. Acknowledging and Redressing Historical Injustices - Katherine B. Starzyk, Craig W. Blatz, and Mike Ross20. The Politics of Intergroup Attitudes - Brian Nosek, Mahzarin R. Banaji, and John T. Jost