Infrahumanization And Double-Vision

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The paper discusses several experiments which test the hypothesis that killings of out-group members by in-group members would incite or enhance infra-humanization. All experiments supported this hypothesis from different out-groups of aliens, Australian aborigines and Native Americans. The paper relates that findings from these experiments suggested that infra-humanizing was not intensified by the suffering of an out-group as it required an admission of responsibility for the crime for one's own group. The paper shows that infra-humanization of the out-group could happen only with socially relevant groups, which have some meaning to the in-group. The paper concludes that relevance could even be instrumental in the formation of the perception of responsibility.

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Experiment 1
Experiment 2
Experiment 3
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"This focuses on how British participants felt about the diminution of the aboriginal Australian population in the early part of the British occupation of Australia (Castano and Giner Sorolla 2006). Records and informal discussions provide evidence to British university students that the British made life difficult for the inhabitants. The aborigines were subjected to severe persecution and diseases by the British. This experiment consisted of two parts. The first presented evidence of the afflictions on the aborigines. In the second, group identification and collective guilt were introduced to the participating British students."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Castano, E. and Ginea-Sorolla, R (2006). Not quite human: infrahumanization in response to collective responsibility for inter-group killings. Vol 90 Number 5, pp 804-
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: American Psychological Associa

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