Normativeness and individualism

Dubois, Nicole; Beauvois, Jean‐Léon

doi:10.1002/ejsp.236

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“…In other words, two judgment norms may differ in the extent to which they are anchored on one or the other dimension of social value (e.g., Dubois, 2005;Dubois & Beauvois, 2005). Our study suggests, however, that these anchors may not necessarily be fixed within a given judgment norm.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

Are victims also judged more positively if they say their lives are just?

et al. 2015

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Non-victims who express high versus low personal belief in a just world (PBJW) are judged as having more social value, both social utility (i.e., market value) and social desirability (i.e., affective value). Our goal was to test whether this pattern differed when the targets were presented as innocent or noninnocent victims of enduring suffering. A hundred and eighty-six participants of both sexes took part in our 2 (degree of PBJW expressed: high/low) X 3 (Target identity: innocent victim/ non-innocent victim/ non-victim) between-subjects experimental study. Participants rated the targets on four measures: positive/negative social utility/desirability. Targets were judged more positively and less negatively if they expressed high versus low PBJW, regardless of their being non-victims or (non-)innocent victims. This pattern is taken as further evidence that the expression of high PBJW is a judgment norm, that is, a socially valued discourse irrespective of it being true or untrue.Keywords: Personal belief in a just world; Social value; Social utility; Social desirability; Victims.Será que as vítimas também são julgadas mais positivamente se disserem que as suas vidas são justas? Alvos apresentados como não-vítimas e que exprimem uma crença num mundo pessoal justo (CMJ pessoal) alta versus baixa são julgados como tendo mais valor social, tanto utilidade social (i.e., valor de mercado) como desejabilidade social (i.e., valor afetivo). O nosso objetivo foi testar se este padrão difere quando os alvos são apresentados como vítimas inocentes ou não inocentes de sofrimento prolongado. Cento e oitenta e seis indivíduos de ambos os sexos participaram num estudo experimental inter-participantes 2 (grau de CMJ pessoal expressa: alta/baixa) X 3 (identidade dos alvos: vítima inocente/ vítima não inocente/ não vítima). Os/as participantes avaliaram os alvos em quatro medidas: utilidade social positiva e negativa e desejabilidade social positiva e negativa. Os alvos foram avaliados mais positivamente e menos negativamente se exprimiram CMJ pessoal alta versus baixa, independentemente de serem vítimas (não) inocentes ou não vítimas. Interpretamos este padrão como representando mais evidência de que a expressão de CMJ pessoal constitui uma norma de julgamento, isto é, um discurso valorizado socialmente, independentemente de ser ou não verdadeiro.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

Are victims also judged more positively if they say their lives are just?

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“…Even though the primary aim of the present research was not to settle this issue, our study revealed new data favoring the social utility, rather than the social desirability, of PFC. Viewed from this perspective, the social function of consistency may be comparable to that of other constructs that are socially valued in individualistic societies and anchored in social utility dimension, such as an internal locus of control (Dubois, 2003;Jellison & Green, 1981;Perrin & Testé, 2010), self-sufficiency (Beauvois & Dubois, 2005), and belief in a just world (Alves & Correia, 2008, Testé & Perrin, 2013. Future studies are needed to clarify the social value associated with PFC.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

When Attribution of Consistency Depends on Group Value: Social Valorization of Preference for Consistency in Equivalent and Asymmetric Intergroup Relations

Sénémeaud¹,

Mange²,

Somat

2016

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The social valorization of Preference For Consistency (PFC) was examined via a minimal group paradigm activating either equivalent or asymmetric intergroup relations. After an aesthetic judgment task and assignment to one of two groups, participants (N = 298) completed the PFC scale according to three instructions: on their own behalf, as an ingroup member, or as an outgroup member (order counter-balanced). Results showed that in equivalent intergroup relations, participants attributed greater PFC to the ingroup and to the self than to the outgroup. In asymmetric intergroup relations, participants attributed greater PFC to the high-status group and to the self than to the low-status group, and this was independent of the participants' group membership. We discuss the contribution the minimal group paradigm can make to revealing the social valorization of psychological constructs and the mechanisms underlying the social value accorded to PFC.

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“…Studies using these paradigms have demonstrated the positive social value of internality (Dubois, 2008), individualism (Dubois & Beauvois, 2005), belief in a just world (Alves & Correia, 2008, and ambivalence (Pillaud, Cavazza, & Butera, 2013). What these norms have in common is the fact that they contain ideas that are fundamental for the structures of our modern occidental societies (Beauvois, 2003).…”

Section: The Sociocognitive Approach To Social Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%