Reduced helping intentions are better explained by the attribution of antisocial emotions than by ‘infrahumanization’

Abstract We challenge the explanatory value of one of the most prominent psychological models of dehumanization—infrahumanization theory—which holds that outgroup members are subtly dehumanized by being denied human emotions. Of central importance to this theory is the claim that, to the extent that...

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Main Authors: Florence E. Enock, Harriet Over
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10460-0