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justice refers to the perceived justness of the principles and rules that regulate resource distribution (e.g., effort, need) and to the evaluation of the actual out-comes of the distribution in relation to expected outcomes. The procedural jus-tice focuses on the justness of the procedures according to which resource distri - bution takes place.
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Mar 24, 2015 · People’s Belief in a Just World (BJW) plays an important role in coping with misfortune and unfairness. This paper demonstrates that understanding of the BJW concept, and its consequences for behavior, is enhanced if we specify what (or who) the source of justice might be. We introduce a new scale, the 5-Dimensional Belief in a Just Treatment Scale (BJT5), which distinguishes five causal ...
- Katherine Stroebe, Tom Postmes, Susanne Täuber, Alwin Stegeman, Melissa-Sue John
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Mar 1, 2004 · The Psychology of Worldviews. Mark E. Koltko-Rivera. New York University and Professional Services Group, Inc. A worldview (or “world view”) is a set of assumptions about physical and social ...
- Just-World Phenomenon and Victim-Blaming
- Examples of The Just-World Phenomenon
- Explanations of The Just-World Phenomenon
- How to Avoid The Just-World Phenomenon
The just-world theory suggests that when people do fall victim to misfortune, others tend to look for things that might explain their circumstances. In other words, people tend to look for something or someone to blame for unfortunate events. This belief also leads people to think that when good things happen to people it is because they are good a...
A classic example of this tendency is found in the Bible's Book of Job. In the text, Job suffers a series of terrible calamities. At one point, his former friend suggests that Job must have done something terrible to have deserved his misfortunes. Research has shown a strong link between the just-world viewpoint and religiosity.
So, why do people use the just-world phenomenon? There are a few different explanations that have been proposed for it:
While it's beneficial to be optimistic about the world around you, there are times when the just-world phenomenon might prevent you from seeing reality. These are some tips to help avoid the just-world phenomenon:
Liberation psychology emerged as a reaction to dominant Eurocentric psy-chology’s limitations to impart collectivistic, holistic orientations and social justice activism into psychological knowledge, research, and practice. In this way, liberation psychology expands dominant psychology’s lens.
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Aug 1, 2011 · Behavior is essentially observable physical activity (Bergner, 2011). In the context of learning behavior, students in the classroom are physically behaving and giving responses toward classroom ...
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2004, Review of General Psychology. A worldview (or “world view”) is a set of assumptions about physical and social reality that may have powerful effects on cognition and behavior. Lacking a comprehensive model or formal theory up to now, the construct has been underused. This article advances theory by addressing these gaps.
