4- Models of Dehumanisation

Question 1

What do early dehumanisation theories try to understand?

Answer 1

Why we engage in immoral behaviour

Question 2

What characterises the infrahumanisation theory?

Answer 2

There are specific human attributes that we deny to outgroup members but afford to ingroup members

Question 3

What characterises the duel model of dehumanisation?

Answer 3

We have two essenses of humanness causing us to dehumanise in different ways

Question 4

What characterises mind perception?

Answer 4

We dehumanise in 2 different ways based on 2 different dimensions of our mind

Question 5

How did Tajfel study infrahumanisation?

Answer 5

Minimal Group Paradigm studies

Question 6

What does social identity theory believe?

Answer 6

We derive a sense of identity based on the group we belong to and this influences social behaviour

Question 7

What did Tajfel’s Minimal Group Paradigm studies find?

Answer 7

Participants are willing to categorise themselves on minimal group distinctions

Question 8

What is ingroup favouritism?

Answer 8

We accentuate similarities between ourselves and group members

Question 9

What is outgroup derogation?

Answer 9

We emphasise differences between ourselves and outgroup members

Question 10

What are the consequences of us seeking this group identity?

Answer 10

Prejudice and dehumanisation

Question 11

What are primary emotions?

Answer 11

Biological emotions that we share with animals

Question 12

Who do we attribute primary emotions to?

Answer 12

All groups

Question 13

What are secondary emotions?

Answer 13

Uniquely human emotions that are acquired through social interaction

Question 14

How do we ascribe secondary emotions?

Answer 14

Less to the outgroup, only to our ingroup

Question 15

Which emotions require more cognitive processing?

Answer 15

Secondary emotions

Question 16

What does Leyens et al suggest are the 4 features of human essence?

Answer 16

Language, intelligence, reasoning, sentiments

Question 17

What model distinguishes between human uniqueness and human nature?

Answer 17

The dual model of dehumanisation

Question 18

What is human uniqueness?

Answer 18

Attributes that make us unique as humans

Question 19

What does denying human uniqueness cause?

Answer 19

Animalistic dehumanisation

Question 20

What is human nature?

Answer 20

Attributes that make us different to objects

Question 21

What does denying human nature cause?

Answer 21

Mechanistic dehumanisation

Question 22

What does the mind perception theory suggest?

Answer 22

We perceive the mind along two dimensions- agency and experience

Question 23

What does mind perception theory relate to?

Answer 23

How we attribute mind states to others

Question 24

What association is caused by denying agency?

Answer 24

With animals

Question 25

What is agency?

Answer 25

Our capacity for intentional actions and our ability to control events

Question 26

What association is caused by denying experience?

Answer 26

With objects

Question 27

What is experience?

Answer 27

Our ability to feel and experience things

Question 28

How is mind perception theory criticised?

Answer 28

Argued that it oversimplifies human mind complexity