Abstract
One way in which individuals can participate in action to change the society they live in is through the pursuit of an ideal society or “utopia”; however, the content of that utopia is a likely determinant of its motivational impact. Here we examined two predominant prototypes of utopia derived from previous research and theory—the Green and Sci-Fi utopias. When participants were primed with either of these utopias, the Green utopia was perceived to entail a range of other positive characteristics (e.g., warmth, positive emotions) and—provided it was positively evaluated—tended to elicit both motivation and behaviour for social change. In contrast, the Sci-Fi utopia was associated with low motivation, even when it was positively evaluated. Furthermore, the Green utopia was shown to elicit greater perceptions of participative efficacy, which in turn predicted the increase in social change motivation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | European Journal of Social Psychology |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 12 Jun 2019 |
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Greens or space invaders : Prominent utopian themes and effects on social change motivation. / Fernando, Julian W.; O'Brien, Léan V.; Burden, Nicholas J.; Judge, Madeline; Kashima, Yoshihisa.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Greens or space invaders
T2 - Prominent utopian themes and effects on social change motivation
AU - Fernando, Julian W.
AU - O'Brien, Léan V.
AU - Burden, Nicholas J.
AU - Judge, Madeline
AU - Kashima, Yoshihisa
PY - 2019/6/12
Y1 - 2019/6/12
N2 - One way in which individuals can participate in action to change the society they live in is through the pursuit of an ideal society or “utopia”; however, the content of that utopia is a likely determinant of its motivational impact. Here we examined two predominant prototypes of utopia derived from previous research and theory—the Green and Sci-Fi utopias. When participants were primed with either of these utopias, the Green utopia was perceived to entail a range of other positive characteristics (e.g., warmth, positive emotions) and—provided it was positively evaluated—tended to elicit both motivation and behaviour for social change. In contrast, the Sci-Fi utopia was associated with low motivation, even when it was positively evaluated. Furthermore, the Green utopia was shown to elicit greater perceptions of participative efficacy, which in turn predicted the increase in social change motivation.
AB - One way in which individuals can participate in action to change the society they live in is through the pursuit of an ideal society or “utopia”; however, the content of that utopia is a likely determinant of its motivational impact. Here we examined two predominant prototypes of utopia derived from previous research and theory—the Green and Sci-Fi utopias. When participants were primed with either of these utopias, the Green utopia was perceived to entail a range of other positive characteristics (e.g., warmth, positive emotions) and—provided it was positively evaluated—tended to elicit both motivation and behaviour for social change. In contrast, the Sci-Fi utopia was associated with low motivation, even when it was positively evaluated. Furthermore, the Green utopia was shown to elicit greater perceptions of participative efficacy, which in turn predicted the increase in social change motivation.
KW - collective action
KW - culture
KW - social change
KW - utopia
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U2 - 10.1002/ejsp.2607
DO - 10.1002/ejsp.2607
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - European Journal of Social Psychology
JF - European Journal of Social Psychology
SN - 0046-2772
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