Dehumanization in intergroup relations

History abounds with examples in which people deny a full human status to the members of outgroups. For years, we have been studying this phenomenon in a large range of intergroup contexts studying the variables that underlie and moderate outgroup dehumanization and the consequences this process produces.

To know more about this line of research, contact jeroen.vaes@unitn.it or mariapaola.paladino@unitn.it

Some relevant publications:

Miranda, M. P., Gouveia-Pereira, M., & Vaes, J. (2014). When in Rome… Identification and acculturation strategies among minority members moderate the dehumanization of the majority outgroup. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 327-336.

Vaes, J., Leyens, J. Ph., Paladino, M. P., Miranda, M. P. (2012). We are human, they are not: Driving forces behind outgroup dehumanization and the humanization of the ingroup. European Review of Social Psychology, 23, 64-106.

Vaes, J., Heflick, N., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2010). “We are people”: In-group humanization as an existential defense. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 750-760.

Vaes, J. & Paladino, M. P. (2010). The uniquely human content of stereotypes. Group Processes and Intergroup relations, 13, 23-39.

Paladino, M. P., & Vaes, J. (2009). Ours is human: On the pervasiveness of infrahumanisation in inter-group relations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 237-251.

Leyens, J. Ph., Demoulin, S., Vaes, J., Gaunt, R., Paladino, M. P. (2007). Infra-humanization: The Wall of Group Differences. Social Issues and Policy Review, 1, 139-172.

Vaes, J., Paladino, M. P., Castelli, L., Leyens, J-Ph., & Giovanazzi, A. (2003). On the behavioral consequences of infra-humanization: The implicit role of uniquely human emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1016-1034.