According to ______ members of low status groups are motivated to endorse beliefs that legitimize their own low status out of a need to view the hierarchy as fair.

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System justification theory posits that individuals, including those from low-status groups, are motivated to justify and rationalize the existing social order, even if it is to their own disadvantage. This includes endorsing beliefs that legitimize their lower status as a way to see the system as fair and just.

According to ______ Members of Low Status Groups Are Motivated