Educationism and the irony of meritocracy: Negative attitudes of higher educated people towards the less educated
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Underrepresentation of some groups in elite institutions further undermines those students' social identities because people tend to believe that education is meritocratic and that those who attend elite institutions get there by virtue of their intelligence and motivation.
“The underrepresentation of some groups of students in elite institutions further undermines those students' social identities because people tend to believe that education is meritocratic and that those who attend elite institutions get there by virtue of their intelligence and motivation (Kuppens, Spears, Manstead, Spruyt, & Easterbrook, 2017;Warikoo & Fuhr, 2014).”
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- Authors
- Kuppens, T., Spears, R., Manstead, A. S. R., Spruyt, B., & Easterbrook, M. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- University of Sussex (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Kuppens, Toon
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-05
- Volume
- 76
- Pages
- 429-447
- ISSN
- 0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2768031381
- Cited by
- 164
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 11.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
- Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Keywords
- meritocracy beliefs, social inequality, attribution of responsibility, culpability, ideology, in-group favoritism
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