4- Measures of Dehumanisation Flashcards
5 ways to measure dehumanisation
Metaphors, emotions, word associations, trait, visual
How is dehumanisation measured with metaphors?
Using language to associate people with animals
How is dehumanisation measured using emotions?
Asking how people attribute primary or secondary emotions to different social groups
How is dehumanisation measured using word associations?
Asking people to associate certain words to certain groups
How is dehumanisation measured using traits?
Asking how participants attribute human nature and human uniqueness traits
What are trait measurements about dehumanisation looking at?
Reaction time to make the categorisation
How is dehumanisation measured using visual measures?
Participants are asked how far they think a social group has evolved
What 2 methods does Loughnan et al use to measure dehumanisation?
Attribute-based measures and metaphor-based measures
What is measured using attribute-based measures?
How characteristics are attributed differently to groups/individuals
What is measured using metaphor-based measures?
How groups/individuals are linked to animals/machines
What is the problem with using metaphor-based measures?
They are very subjective
How is dehumanisation investigated?
Via a ‘severity continuum’
What type of dehumanisation research is less understood?
Blatant dehumanisation
How does blatant dehumanisation appear to be rooted?
In antipathy
What may blatant dehumanisation not fully reflect?
The manifestation of dehumanisation
