Dehumanization and infrahumanization.

By Nick Haslam, S. Loughnan. Annual Review of Psychology, 2014

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Confronting Abusive Language Online: A Survey from the Ethical and Human Rights Perspective (2020, background): “Furthermore, negative stereotyping and dehumanizing language can lead to reduced pro-social behavior and increased anti-social behavior towards the victims, in extreme cases leading to atrocities and exploitation (Haslam & Loughnan, 2014).”
The unique effects of blatant dehumanization on attitudes and behavior towards Muslim refugees during the European ‘refugee crisis’ across four countries (2018, background): “One concern with measures of blatant dehumanization is that they are so overt that people might use them merely as re ﬂ ections of their extreme dislike for another group (Haslam & Loughnan, 2014).”
A Superhumanization Bias in Whites’ Perceptions of Blacks (2015, background): “Dehumanization broadly refers to ‘‘perceiving a person or group as lacking humanness’’ (Haslam & Loughnan, 2014, p. 401).”
Toward a theory of business (2015, background): “Haslam and Loughnan (2014) tell us that we are prone to dehumanize each other.”
Perceived organizational support and employees’ well-being: the mediating role of organizational dehumanization (2017, background): “Drawn from the social psychology literature (Haslam, 2006; Haslam & Loughnan, 2014; Leyens et al., 2000, 2001), the term dehumanization refers to “a psychological phenomenon whereby people perceive of other human beings as something lesser than, or profoundly different from, themselves; in other…”
From political opponents to enemies? The role of perceived moral distance in the animalistic dehumanization of the political outgroup (2016, background): “Recently, two theoretical models have been elaborated by Leyens et al. (2003) and by Haslam (2006; for a review, see Haslam & Loughnan, 2014) to define this human/animal divide.”
Refugee integration: Research and policy. (2018, neutral): “DeBono (2018) argues that the processes of crisis framing and criminalization facilitate the dehumanization of migrants (Esses, Veenvliet, Hodson, & Mihic, 2008; Esses, Veenvliet, & Medianu, 2012; Haslam & Loughnan, 2014).”
The Emotional Cost of Humanity (2016, background): “Yet we often engage in dehumanization: the denial of mental states to other human beings (Fiske, 2013; Harris & Fiske, 2006, 2011; Haslam, 2006; Haslam & Loughnan, 2014; Leyens et al., 2001).”
We Are Family: Viewing Pets as Family Members Improves Wellbeing (2019, background): “Just as humanity can be withheld from people (Epley & Waytz, 2010; Haslam & Loughnan, 2014), it can be extended to nonhuman agents.”
Empathy: a motivated account. (2014, background): “…secondary emotions such as hope and jealousy or uniquely human internal states (Cuddy, Rock, & Norton, 2007; Epley et al., 2013; Harris & Fiske, 2006; Haslam & Loughnan, 2014; Leyens et al., 2000; Merola & McGlone, 2011; Vaes, Paladino, Castelli, Leyens, & Giovanazzi, 2003; Waytz et al., 2010).”
The Cycle of Violence: Understanding Individual Participation in Collective Violence (2015, background): “The most commonly discussed tactic for reducing social distance is dehumanization, defined as perceiving a group or person as lacking humanness (Goff, Eberhardt, Williams, & Jackson, 2008; Haslam & Loughnan, 2014).”
Revisiting the Jezebel Stereotype (2018, background): “…with (among perpetrators) lower prosociality (e.g., Cuddy, Rock, & Norton, 2007), greater social exclusion (Viki, Fullerton, Raggett, Tait, & Wiltshire, 2012), and harsher punishment and more punitive treatment (Bastian, Denson, & Haslam, 2013; see also Haslam & Loughnan, 2014 for a review).”