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social dominance theory, racism, system justification theory, social identity theor, Social Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Social, Government & Law, Psychology, social identity theory, WHITE POLICE OFFICERS, POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY, INTERGROUP ATTITUDES, SYSTEM-JUSTIFICATION, IDEOLOGICAL ASYMMETRY, STATUS DIFFERENTIALS, SELF-ESTEEM, GENDER-GAP, ORIENTATION, IDENTITY, 1606 Political Science, 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, Social Psychology, 4408 Political science, 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology

Abstract:

The theory has been misconstrued in four primary ways, which are often expressed as the claims of psychological reductionism, conceptual redundancy, biological reductionism, and hierarchy justification. This paper addresses these claims and suggests how social dominance theory builds on and moves beyond social identity theory and system justification theor.