Explaining dehumanization among children: The interspecies model of prejudice
Explaining dehumanization among children: The interspecies model of prejudice
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DOI：
10.1111/bjso.12016
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Hodson, Gordon
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作者：
Costello, Kimberly;Hodson, Gordon
虽然已经出现了许多理论方法来解释儿童表达的偏见，但没有一个将外群体非人化纳入其中，这是成年人偏见的关键预测因素。根据物种间的偏见模型，对人类和动物区分的信念通过促进动物性的非人化来促进外群偏见（Costello & Hodson，2010）。在目前的调查中，白色儿童认为黑人儿童较少独特的人类特征，代表了儿童中种族非人化的第一个系统证据（研究1和2）。在研究2中，路径分析支持物种间的偏见模型：儿童的人类动物划分的信念预测更大的种族偏见，提高种族非人化解释的效果。父母之间也出现了类似的模式。此外，父母的社会支配取向通过儿童对人类与动物的等级划分的认可以及随后的非人化倾向间接预测了儿童偏见。令人鼓舞的是，儿童的人类动物划分的看法是可塑的实验总理强调动物与人类的相似性。偏见干预的影响被认为是。
Although many theoretical approaches have emerged to explain prejudices expressed by children, none incorporate outgroup dehumanization, a key predictor of prejudice among adults. According to the Interspecies Model of Prejudice, beliefs in the human-animal divide facilitate outgroup prejudice through fostering animalistic dehumanization (Costello & Hodson, 2010). In the present investigation, White children attributed Black children fewer uniquely human' characteristics, representing the first systematic evidence of racial dehumanization among children (Studies 1 and 2). In Study 2, path analyses supported the Interspecies Model of Prejudice: children's human-animal divide beliefs predicted greater racial prejudice, an effect explained by heightened racial dehumanization. Similar patterns emerged among parents. Furthermore, parent Social Dominance Orientation predicted child prejudice indirectly through children's endorsement of a hierarchical human-animal divide and subsequent dehumanizing tendencies. Encouragingly, children's human-animal divide perceptions were malleable to an experimental prime highlighting animal-human similarity. Implications for prejudice interventions are considered.