PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kingsley Davis, Wilbert E. Moore, Social Inequality
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If the latter, the narratives serve to justify pre existing oppression: narratives of validation > stories that less advantage ppl(fight back) say that proves they deserve the same. hold advantaged people responsible for creating blameworthy conditions, strategies of resistance. **no disadvantage group will remain disadvantage but will fight back: they may take various forms: e. g. , Also, the spread of gossip, rumours, and secrets. In every unequal society, there is a continuing struggle between: narratives of blame and narratives of validation, practices of oppression and strategies of resistance. The just world hypothesis: m. j. lerner"s just world hypothesis states that we all need to believe that we live in a fair or just world. Friday, december 11, y: this belief is the result of normal childhood development, when we learn obedience to gain rewards, we expect the world to operate the same way in adulthood i. e. , reward for merit.
