Infra-humanization: The wall of group differences

By J. Leyens, S. Demoulin, Jeroen Vaes, R. Gaunt, Maria Paola Paladino. 2007

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

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The uniquely human content of stereotypes (2010, background): “Yet another approach to dehumanization research has recently been proposed by Paladino and Vaes (2009). Instead of focusing on human characteristics and measuring how they are attributed to the in-group and the out-group, they allocated traits and emotions to both groups and looked at whether this c”
The Uncanny Valley: Existence and Explanations (2015, background): “, androids and computer-generated characters), researchers initially appeared to corroborate the uncanny valley hypothesis (MacDorman & Ishiguro, 2006; Seyama & Nagayama, 2007). Using morphed images, which ranged from a humanoid robot to an android and to the android’s human inspiration, MacDorman a”
Understanding the Relationship between Attribute-Based and Metaphor-Based Dehumanization (2009, background): “Infrahumanization theorists have argued that because HU attributes defi ne the boundary between humans and animals, their denial tacitly animalizes outgroup members (Leyens et al., 2007).”
The unique effects of blatant dehumanization on attitudes and behavior towards Muslim refugees during the European ‘refugee crisis’ across four countries (2018, background): “…considered the role of the subtle dehumanization (i.e., infrahumanization) of Muslim refugees on anti-refugee attitudes (e.g., Esses et al., 2013; Leyens et al., 2007), we focused here on blatant dehumanization, an explicit and overt form of dehumanization that tends to be more strongly…”
Dehumanization and social class: Animality in the stereotypes of “white trash,” “chavs,” and “bogans”. (2014, background): “Dehumanization can serve as a powerful barrier to harmonious social interaction (Leyens et al., 2007), especially in instances of conflict (Cehajic, Brown, & Gonzalez, 2009).”
Power increases dehumanization (2011, methodology): “…observed that people may attribute less of these higher order emotions to groups that they dislike or feels rivals with (Demoulin et al., 2004; Gaunt, Leyens, & Demoulin, 2002; Gaunt, Sindic, & Leyens, 2005; Leyens et al., 2000, 2001, 2007; Vaes, Paladino, Castelli, Leyens, & Giovanazzi, 2003).”
Direct, extended, and mass-mediated contact with immigrants in Italy: their associations with emotions, prejudice, and humanity perceptions (2017, background): “We thus also considered, besides blatant prejudice, infrahumanization, that is, the attribution of more uniquely human characteristics to the ingroup than to the outgroup (for reviews, see Leyens et al. 2007; Vaes, Leyens, Paladino, & Pires Miranda, 2012).”
We are human, they are not: Driving forces behind outgroup dehumanisation and the humanisation of the ingroup (2012, methodology): “Previous accounts in the realm of infrahumanisation theory often claimed that the infrahumanisation effect always involved simultaneous tendencies to favour the ingroup and derogate the outgroup (Leyens et al., 2007).”
Reducing Competitive Victimhood in Kosovo: The Role of Extended Contact and Common Ingroup Identity (2012, background): “Furthermore, it is an important means of reinforcing boundaries between the ingroup and the outgroup (see Haslam et al., 2008 and Leyens et al., 2007, for a review; see also Capozza, Boccato, Andrighetto, & Falvo, 2009).”
Dehumanization and infrahumanization. (2014, background): “As Leyens et al. (2007) argued, “people are inclined to perceive members of out-groups as somewhat less human, or more animal-like, than themselves; such a view corresponds to the word infrahumanization. . . .”
Attributing Human Uniqueness and Human Nature to Cultural Groups: Distinct Forms of Subtle Dehumanization (2009, methodology): “However, as previous research has been concerned with distinguishing these phenomena (Leyens et al., 2007), in subsequent studies we used characteristics that could be controlled for valence.”