#socialidentity — Public Fediverse posts

Why do "Karen" incidents happen from a psychological perspective?

Revisit our exploration of cognitive dissonance—the uncomfortable feeling when our beliefs clash with reality—and why it often leads to doubling down rather than reflection.

This episode isn't about mockery, but understanding universal psychology that affects us all when our identity feels threatened.

🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4dxvWWP

#Psychology #CognitiveDissonance #SocialIdentity #SelfAwareness #PsyberSpace

#Society #Wealth #Poverty #SocialIdentity #Progress

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945)

“Political contamination” can affect everyday choices in surprising ways https://www.psypost.org/political-contamination-can-affect-everyday-choices-in-surprising-ways/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PoliticalContamination #EverydayChoices #PoliticalPolarization #SocialIdentity #ReputationalMotivations

Masculine honor, social identity, and the Sicilian Mafia: New insights from research https://www.psypost.org/masculine-honor-social-identity-and-the-sicilian-mafia-new-insights-from-research/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MasculineHonor #SocialIdentity #SicilianMafia #ResearchInsights #MafiaBehavior

Social Identity Theory provides insights into political polarization by explaining how individuals categorize themselves into groups, fostering in-group loyalty and out-group hostility. This categorization leads to stronger identification with political parties and increased disdain for opposing views. As people seek to align with their group’s beliefs and norms, polarization intensifies.

#PoliticalScience #SocialIdentity #Polarization #GroupDynamics #Psychology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-school-walls/202408/how-social-identity-theory-explains-political-polarization?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

Kollektive Probleme verlangen nach kollektiven Antworten. Sehr anschaulicher, verständlicher und lohnender Vortrag von Prof. Immo Fritsche: Die #Sozialpsychologie der #Klimakrise – Vom #Wissen zum (kollektiven) #Handeln: https://www.youtube.com/live/5Z9fftsh9uQ?si=eAW7UxdFsKSZNEYZ
#nachhaltigkeit #Sustainbility #Education #psychology #socialidentity

It's a while since I've written an #Introduction #Introductions #Connections #TwitterMigration post, where I use my large follower count to more richly connect the :fediverse:

So, please meet:

@alyssa - Alyssa is a #Linux hacker who works with #graphics drivers (THANK YOU!) and who is doing amazing things with #GPU stuff on Macs.

@adam42smith is Sebastian Karcher works in #qualitative #data at #Syracuse, and works closely with the @zotero project (also THANK YOU!)

@rachelcoldicutt researches #innovation and alternative #infrastructures, and helps build intentional #communities

@ed is Stefano Maffulli, the current Executive Director of the #OpenSource Initiative - @osi

@DianaOfPortland is Diana Larasen, and she works in #Leadership #Agility

@photocyte is Dr Tim Fallon, who is a #biologist, #biochemist and #genomics and #bioinformatics #postdoc at #UCSD

@bridgetbarrett is an incoming Assistant #Professor at CU Boulder in #Advertising - working in #MediaStudies and #SocialIdentity and #SocialMedia

Please share your own #ConnectionList - and help us create a strong and connected #Fediverse :fediverse: ❤️

People often support and justify social systems, even when those systems disadvantage them. But why?

In this new review article, we address this question using a social identity model of system attitudes (SIMSA).

Open access: https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2022.2046422

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#SocialPsychology
#SocialScience
@socialpsych
#SocialIdentity
#SystemJustification

What accounts for the relative success of Xi Jinping in the context of contemporary China? Alfred Chan and I investigate this question in our new article.

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NZZ7XUZUSGACB3NJD75H/full?target=10.1080/10670564.2023.2184201

#XiJinping #xijinping #China #PNL #Narrative #SocialIdentity #Hegemony

Academic, mother, wife, Chinese, middle-aged… how do people switch between their various social identities?

One minute intro video by Anna Kristina Zinn: https://twitter.com/BPSOfficial/status/1629037710772998144

Associated journal article: Zinn et al. (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104309

#SocialPsychology
#SocialScience
@socialpsych
#SocialIdentity
#SocialIdentitySwitching

Feeling understood:

New research finds that feeling understood by others consistently predicts wellbeing and mental health over and above social support, life meaning, and personal control.

Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/7v39p/

#Science
#SocialPsychology
#SocialIdentity
#SocialCure
#FeltUnderstanding
#SocialSupport
#Meaning
#PersonalControl
#MentalHealth
#UniversityStudents
#InternationalStudents
@socialpsych

Why do people support economic, social, and political systems that disadvantage them?

Our new work, led by @chuma_owuam, finds further evidence that system justification by the disadvantaged can be explained in terms of people's social identification with superordinate groups (e.g., national identification).

Open access: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366556944_Further_evidence_that_system_justification_amongst_the_disadvantaged_is_positively_related_to_superordinate_group_identification

#SocialPsychology
@socialpsych
#SystemJustification
#SocialIdentity
#SIMSA

"Being gay is mostly all that I think about."

A new 6-item Identity Salience Questionnaire measures both the chronic and contextual salience of people's social identities.

Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/3hmxr/

#Psychology
#SocialPsychology
#Psychometrics
#SocialIdentity
#Identity