Social Psychology And Justice (frontiers Of Social Psychology)

This Ground-breaking New Volume Reviews And Extends Theory And Research On The Psychology Of Justice In Social Contexts, Exploring The Dynamics Of Fairness Judgments And Their Consequences. Perceptions Of Fairness, And The Factors That Cause And Are Caused By Fairness Perceptions, Have Long Been An Important Part Of Social Psychology. Featuring Work From Leading Scholars On Psychological Processes Involved In Reactions To Fairness, As Well As The Applications Of Justice Research To Government Institutions, Policing, Medical Care And The Development Of Radical And Extremist Behaviour, The Book Expertly Brings Together Two Traditionally Distinct Branches Of Social Psychology: Social Cognition And Interpersonal Relations. Examining How People Judge Whether The Treatment They Experience From Others Is Fair And How This Effects Their Attitudes And Behaviors, This Essential Collection Draws On Theory And Research From Multiple Disciplines As It Explores The Dynamics Of Fairness Judgments And Their Consequences. Integrating Theory On Interpersonal Relations And Social Cognition, And Featuring Innovative Biological Research, This Is The Ideal Companion For Senior Undergraduates And Graduates, As Well As Researchers And Scholars Interested In The Social Psychology Of Justice. This ground-breaking new volume reviews and extends theory and research on the psychology of justice in social contexts, exploring the dynamics of fairness judgments and their consequences. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of contributors 10 1. The Study of Justice in Social Psychology and Related Fields 12 Motivating versus Motivated Justice Processes 13 Paradigms in the Social Psychology of Justice 15 Applications of the Social Psychology of Justice 23 The Next Frontiers 25 References 26 2. The Biology of Fairness 32 The Evolution of Fairness 33 Responses to Inequity in Primates 34 Responses in Other Species Support the Hypotheses from Primates 43 Responses in Young Children 45 The Evolution of Fairness 46 Where to from Here? 48 Notes 49 Literature Cited 49 3. Justification and Rationalization: Causes, Boundaries and Consequences of Motivated Justice Perceptions 57 Motivated Cognition 58 Why Are People Motivated to See the World as Just? 59 When Do People Use Motivated Cognition to Rationalize and Justify? 63 What Are the Consequences of the Justice Motive? 71 Conclusion 78 References 78 4. Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Psychology of Fairness 86 Origins of Fairness Heuristic Theory 87 Elements of Fairness Heuristic Theory 89 Moderation of the Fairness Effects 93 Is Fairness Heuristic Theory Too Cognitive? 94 Fairness Heuristic Theory Revisited 96 References 99 5. Integrating Three Theoretical Traditions in Distributive Justice and Social Exchange Research 104 Introduction 104 Compare and Contrast 111 Future Directions and General Discussion 115 Author Contributions 117 Conflict of Interest Statement 117 Notes 117 References 118 6. A Fairness Theory Update 121 A Fairness Theory Update 121 Perceived Fairness: It Is All Relative 121 Referent Cognitions Theory 122 From RCT to FT 125 Research Related to FT 128 FT, Justice, and the Construct of Deonance 133 Conclusion 140 References 141 7. Procedural Justice and Policing 145 Introduction 145 Policing and Crime Control 146 Popular Legitimacy 146 Does the Public Trust the Police? 147 Procedural Justice and Policing 149 Why Procedural Justice? 149 Why Does Legitimacy Matter? 150 What Shapes Legitimacy? The Centrality of Procedural Justice 151 The Social Psychology of Procedural Justice 152 Procedural Justice in Management 153 Procedural Justice in the General Criminal Justice System 155 Summary: Procedural Justice Outside Policing 155 Procedural Justice in Policing 156 Objective Coding of Police Behavior 159 The Nagin-Telep Critique 159 What Is Procedural Justice? 160 Internal Department Dynamics 162 Officer Safety 163 Self-Legitimacy 163 Implications for Policing 164 References 166 8. Injustice and Violent Extremism: Methodological Directions for Future Justice Research 173 Radicalization by Means of Injustice Judgments 173 Towards Violent Extremism 177 Future Directions in Psychological Research 180 Coda 186 References 186 9. New Directions of Research in Fairness and Legal Authority: A Focus on Causal Mechanisms 192 Everyday Policing 196 Why Might Prior Levels of Fairness and/or Legitimacy Play a Role in Fairness Perception? 197 Identity and Power as Mechanisms for the Procedural Justice-legitimacy Relationship 204 Statistical Tools to Estimate Causal Mechanisms 205 Discussion 215 Acknowledgements 216 Notes 216 References 216 10. Organizational Justice is Alive and Well and Living Elsewhere (But Not Too Far Away) 224 Chapter Overview 225 Additional Evidence that Organizational Justice Is Alive and Well and Living Elsewhere 237 Discussion 242 Conclusion 247 Acknowledgments 248 References 248 11. Organizational Justice and Workplace Emotion 254 Overview of Organizational Justice 255 Justice and Emotion 257 Question #1: What Are Emotions? 259 Question #2: How Are Emotions Created? 261 Question #3: How Does Affect Change Justice Behaviors? 274 Question #4: What are the Implications of Emotional States for Entity Justice? 276 Conclusion 281 Note 281 References 281 12. The Psychology of Perceived Justice in Shared Health Care Decision Making 295 Introduction 295 The Shared Decision-making Movement in Health Care 295 How Does Perceived Justice Work in Health Care? 296 Procedural Organizational Justice in Health Care Services 300 The Psychology of Voice in Health Care (How Much Does a Procedure Allow Patients to Express Their Ideas?) 302 Implications for Shared Decision-Making Research in Health Care 303 References: 303 Index 306 "This ground-breaking new volume reviews and extends theory and research on the psychology of justice in social contexts, exploring the dynamics of fairness judgments and their consequences. Perceptions of fairness, and the factors that cause and are caused by fairness perceptions, have long been an important part of social psychology. Featuring work from leading scholars on psychological processes involved in reactions to fairness, as well as the applications of justice research to government institutions, policing, medical care and the development of radical and extremist behavior, the book expertly brings together two traditionally distinct branches of social psychology: social cognition and interpersonal relations. Examining how people judge whether the treatment they experience from others is fair and how this effects their attitudes and behaviors, this essential collection draws on theory and research from multiple disciplines as it explores the dynamics of fairness judgments and their consequences. Integrating theory on interpersonal relations and social cognition, and featuring innovative biological research, this is the ideal companion for senior undergraduates and graduates, as well as researchers and scholars interested in the social psychology of justice" --back cover This volume reviews and extends theory and research on the psychology of justice in social contexts. Incorporating many major theories in social psychology, including groundbreaking work from neuroscience, it brings together two traditionally distinct branches of the discipline: social cognition and interpersonal relations.