4- Triggers of Dehumanisation

Question 1

4 main triggers of dehumanisation

Answer 1

Threat, disgust, behaviours, language

Question 2

What did Viki, Osgood & Phillips find?

Answer 2

We are more likely to engage in torture when the group proposes a threat

Question 3

What is influenced by feeling threat?

Answer 3

Means we may be more willing to dehumanise the threatful group and that influences whether we’re willing to engage in contact

Question 4

What does feeling disgust often involve?

Answer 4

A sense of superiority over the offending target, so we tend to expel them from our moral regard

Question 5

What is interpersonal disgust linked to?

Answer 5

Dehumanisation

Question 6

Who are most often the targets of dehumanisation?

Answer 6

Groups that elicit disgust and contempt

Question 7

How can behaviour influence dehumanisation?

Answer 7

Behaviours deviating from the norm can cause us to dehumanise

Question 8

What behaviour was investigated by Rodrigues, Fasoli, Huic & Diniz?

Answer 8

Monogamy vs non-monogamy

Question 9

What did Rodriguez et al find?

Answer 9

We are more likely to dehumanise a non-monogamous couple