Reifying Social Arrangements "As rules, procedures, and material infrastructures accumulate, human origins recede from view, turning what began as collective choice to appear autonomous or inevitable." By @maorle.bsky.social, @inonraz.bsky.social, & @michaelgilead.bsky.social #SocialPsyc
The Psychology of Reification: Perceiving Social Reality as Mind-IndependentHuman societies are built from shared beliefs, norms, and institutions, yet these arrangements often feel as fixed as natural laws. Philosophers and social theorists have long described this tendency ...doi.org