Entitlement’s Cruel Cousins

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-74
Author(s):  
Kristin J. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Correlates ◽  
Political Tactics

Chapter 2, Entitlement’s Cruel Cousins, surveys the psychological correlates of entitlement. What attitudes coincide with entitlement that perpetuate inequality? For example, entitlement is associated with overconfidence and immodesty. Entitlement is also associated with individualism and the belief in the myth of meritocracy. From poverty to sexual assault, those who value individualism and meritocracy tend to see bad things happening to people as their own fault. Entitlement is linked to narcissism as well. Finally, entitlement is also correlated with dangerous worldviews such as authoritarianism and social dominance orientation—both of which are necessary to examine given trends toward increased authoritarian political tactics in the United States and globally.

WHO OPPOSES IMMIGRATION?

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Pettigrew ◽  
Ulrich Wagner ◽  
Oliver Christ
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Deprivation ◽  
Political Conservatism ◽  
Immigration Attitudes

AbstractAre the predictors of anti-immigration attitudes consistent across countries with diverse immigration histories and policies? We hypothesize that the key predictors of opposition to immigration are indeed relatively consistent across industrial nations. We test this hypothesis with two surveys using probability samples of German citizens. We then compare our findings with those obtained in recent studies of immigration opinions in Europe generally, and in two of the world's leading immigration-receiving nations: Canada and the United States. Striking similarities emerge in the findings across structural, demographic, contact, economic, political, personality, and threat predictors. Opposition to immigration is routinely found strongest among the older and less-educated segments of the population who live in areas with anti-immigration norms and little contact with immigrants. Anti-immigration attitudes also correlate with political conservatism and alienation, economic deprivation, and especially with authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and perceived collective threat.

scholarly journals The Nature of Islamophobia: A Test of a Tripartite View in Five Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 014616722092264
Author(s):  
Fatih Uenal ◽  
Robin Bergh ◽  
Jim Sidanius ◽  
Andreas Zick ◽  
Sasha Kimel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intergroup Emotions ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
The Impact

This article provides an examination of the structure of Islamophobia across cultures. Our novel measure—the Tripartite Islamophobia Scale (TIS)—embeds three theoretically and statistically grounded subcomponents of Islamophobia: anti-Muslim prejudice, anti-Islamic sentiment, and conspiracy beliefs. Across six samples (i.e., India, Poland, Germany, France, and the United States), preregistered analyses corroborated that these three subcomponents are statistically distinct. Measurement invariance analyses indicated full scalar invariance, suggesting that the tripartite understanding of Islamophobia is generalizable across cultural contexts. Furthermore, the subcomponents were partially dissociated in terms of the intergroup emotions they are predicted by as well as the intergroup outcomes they predict (e.g., dehumanization, ethnic persecution). For example, intergroup anger and disgust underpin Islamophobic attitudes, over and above the impact of fear. Finally, our results show that social dominance orientation (SDO) and ingroup identification moderate intergroup emotions and Islamophobia. We address both theoretical implications for the nature of Islamophobia and practical interventions to reduce it.

More for Us or More for Me? Social Dominance as Parochial Egoism

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliran Halali ◽  
Anna Dorfman ◽  
Sora Jun ◽  
Nir Halevy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intergroup Interactions ◽  
Group Members

Intergroup interactions allow members of advantaged groups to cooperate with in-group and out-group members alike (universal cooperation), cooperate with in-group members exclusively (parochial cooperation), or withhold cooperation altogether. These behaviors impact the intergroup hierarchy differently; therefore, individuals’ ideological support of intergroup hierarchy may predict their choices among them. Universal cooperation is inherently egalitarian and hence inconsistent with social dominance orientation (SDO). Although parochial cooperation strengthens the in-group relative to the out-group, and hence consistent with SDO, it is unclear to what extent members of advantaged groups higher in SDO are willing to pay the costs associated with participation in parochial cooperation. Studies conducted across three distinct intergroup contexts in the United States and Israel consistently find that SDO coincides with behavioral selfishness, a pattern we label parochial egoism. These findings illuminate a gap between individuals’ ideological worldview and their social behavior and elucidate the motivational meaning of SDO.

My Kind of Guy: Social Dominance Orientation, Hierarchy-Relevance, and Tolerance of Racist Job Candidates

2021 ◽  
pp. 014616722110110
Author(s):  
Lyangela J. Gutierrez ◽  
Miguel M. Unzueta
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
United States ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Job Candidates ◽  
Explicit Prejudice ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Perceptions Of Racism

Social psychology suggests that racism, as captured by explicit prejudice and racial discrimination, is perceived negatively in the United States. However, considering the hierarchy-enhancing nature of racism, it may be that negative perceptions of racism are attenuated among perceivers high in anti-egalitarian sentiment. The reported studies support this, suggesting that racist candidates were tolerated more and had relatively greater hireability ratings as a function of perceivers’ social dominance orientation (SDO; Studies 1–4). Candidate race did not impact these evaluations—only the hierarchy relevance of their actions did (i.e., whether the candidate’s behavior was hierarchy enhancing or had no clear implication for the hierarchy; Study 2). Furthermore, anti-racist candidates (e.g., those displaying hierarchy-attenuating behavior) were tolerated less and had lower hireability ratings as a function of perceivers’ SDO (Study 3). Finally, the perceived intentionality of the candidate’s actions affected tolerance toward them as a function of SDO. This suggests hierarchy relevance impacts evaluative outcomes.

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