Reluctance to protest Wall Street bailouts tied to belief in status-quo

The Occupy Wall Street movement comes three years after the the US financial meltdown. The lagtime could, in part, be because of people's need to view their socioeconomic systems as fair and just, suggests a recent study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, published by SPSP. In their study of 108 students, John Jost of New York University and colleagues found that for people who are disposed to challenge the system, merely thinking about uncertainty dampens their urge to protest and demand change, as reported this week on Miller-McCune.