Co wzmacnia/oslabia społeczny darwinizm? O roli doświadczeń z ludźmi, osobowości, wartości osobistych i przywiazania do wspólnoty

• Authors: Krystyna Skarzyńska , Piotr Radkiewicz

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WHAT STRENGTHENS/WEAKENS THE SOCIAL DARWINISM? ON THE ROLE OF SOCIAL EXPERIENCE, PERSONALITY, PERSONAL VALUES AND EMBEDDEDNESS IN A COMMUNITY

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article presents a multi-layered analysis that seeks to identify psychological sources of social Darwinism – the syndrome of negative beliefs about human nature and social world. The article described research that explores potential relationships between different domains of psychological life and the darwin-like beliefs. The authors inquire into psychological factors that lead people to perceive the social world as a jungle. They point to several fields, where one may find important predictors of social darwinism: 1) positive and negative experiences with people, disappointment by significant persons); 2) stable personality traits (agreeableness, openness to experiences, tough-mindedness); 3) personal values (individualism-collectivism, humanism-materialism, conservatism); and 4) various forms of embeddedness in national and civic community (patriotism, nationalism, symbolic and instrumental engagement). The analysis based on three survey research confirmed the hypothesized relationships between darwin-like beliefs and the four mentioned categories of psychological factors.

Keywords

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SOCIAL DARWINISM; NEGATIVE BELIEFS ABOUT SOCIAL WORLD; EXPERIENCES WITH PEOPLE; PERSONALITY; PERSONAL VALUES; EMBEDDEDNESS IN A COMMUNITY

• Publisher: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Psychologii Społecznej, Warszawa, Poland
• Journal: Psychologia Społeczna
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1(16)
• Pages: 7-23

Contributors

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Krystyna Skarzyńska

• Instytut Psychologii, Polska Akademia Nauk, Plac Defilad 1, 00-901 Warszawa, Poland

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Piotr Radkiewicz

• Instytut Psychologii, Polska Akademia Nauk, Plac Defilad 1, 00-901 Warszawa, Poland