The tendency to believe in and justify the way things are in one's culture and not want to change the status quo is called

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System justification is the tendency to defend, justify, and maintain the status quo in one's culture, even if it is negative or unfair. This can include supporting the dominant group's power and privilege and opposing social change or progressivism. The other options (A, B, D) do not fully capture this concept. Justification of effort refers to the tendency to value something more if you have invested a lot of time or effort into it. The just world phenomenon is the belief that people get what they deserve, which is not necessarily related to defending the status quo. Ethnocentrism refers to the belief that one's own culture is superior to others, which is related to but distinct from system justification.

The Tendency to Believe in and Justify the Way Things