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Effects of status and outcome on attributions and just-world beliefs: how the social distribution of success and failure may be rationalized
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Abstract The distribution of success and failure to social groups is supported by lay theories about the characteristics of social groups and the causes of their outcomes, as well as by beliefs about entitlement of groups to succeed or fail. This paper presents a study where a target individual’s socio-econo... mehr
The distribution of success and failure to social groups is supported by lay theories about the characteristics of social groups and the causes of their outcomes, as well as by beliefs about entitlement of groups to succeed or fail. This paper presents a study where a target individual’s socio-economic status (high vs. low) and outcome in a major academic achievement task (success vs. failure) were manipulated in a 2 x 2 experimental design. It was found that high-status success and low-status failure, i.e. the system-consistent outcomes, were attributed relatively more to stable internal causes (ability), whereas high-status failure and low-status success, i.e. the system-inconsistent outcomes, were attributed relatively more to unstable causes (effort). Second, participants’ belief in a just world was higher in high-status success and low-status failure than in high-status failure and low-status success.... weniger
Klassifikation
Sozialpsychologie
Freie Schlagwörter
attributions for success – failure; ability vs. effort; just-world beliefs; system justification; socio-economic status
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2009
Seitenangabe
S. 415-420
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45 (2009) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2008.12.002
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)