4- Models of Dehumanisation Flashcards
What do early dehumanisation theories try to understand?
Why we engage in immoral behaviour
What characterises the infrahumanisation theory?
There are specific human attributes that we deny to outgroup members but afford to ingroup members
What characterises the duel model of dehumanisation?
We have two essenses of humanness causing us to dehumanise in different ways
What characterises mind perception?
We dehumanise in 2 different ways based on 2 different dimensions of our mind
How did Tajfel study infrahumanisation?
Minimal Group Paradigm studies
What does social identity theory believe?
We derive a sense of identity based on the group we belong to and this influences social behaviour
What did Tajfel’s Minimal Group Paradigm studies find?
Participants are willing to categorise themselves on minimal group distinctions
What is ingroup favouritism?
We accentuate similarities between ourselves and group members
What is outgroup derogation?
We emphasise differences between ourselves and outgroup members
What are the consequences of us seeking this group identity?
Prejudice and dehumanisation
What are primary emotions?
Biological emotions that we share with animals
Who do we attribute primary emotions to?
All groups
What are secondary emotions?
Uniquely human emotions that are acquired through social interaction
How do we ascribe secondary emotions?
Less to the outgroup, only to our ingroup
Which emotions require more cognitive processing?
Secondary emotions
What does Leyens et al suggest are the 4 features of human essence?
Language, intelligence, reasoning, sentiments
What model distinguishes between human uniqueness and human nature?
The dual model of dehumanisation
What is human uniqueness?
Attributes that make us unique as humans
What does denying human uniqueness cause?
Animalistic dehumanisation
What is human nature?
Attributes that make us different to objects
What does denying human nature cause?
Mechanistic dehumanisation
What does the mind perception theory suggest?
We perceive the mind along two dimensions- agency and experience
What does mind perception theory relate to?
How we attribute mind states to others
What association is caused by denying agency?
With animals
What is agency?
Our capacity for intentional actions and our ability to control events
What association is caused by denying experience?
With objects
What is experience?
Our ability to feel and experience things
How is mind perception theory criticised?
Argued that it oversimplifies human mind complexity
