Theoretical integration in motivational science: System justification as one of many "autonomous motivational structures".
Recognizing that there is a multiplicity of motives - and that the accessibility and strength of each one varies chronically and temporarily - is essential if motivational scientists are to achieve genuine theoretical and empirical integration. We agree that system justification is a case of nonconscious goal pursuit and discuss implications of the fact that it conflicts with many other psychological goals.
Fuqua School of Business and Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. aaron.kay@duke.edu https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~ack23/index.html.
Aaron C
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Kay
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10012. john.jost@nyu.edu http://www.psych.nyu.edu/jost/
John T
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Jost
D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology*; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*