Butan, Maria Gabriela (2024) Deconstructing Hate: The Role of Dehumanization in Hate Perceptions of Moral Transgressors. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Research has found a noteworthy relationship between hate and dehumanization, but its nature remains disputed. The goal of this study was to investigate the role of dehumanization in the experience of hate feelings directed towards moral transgressors. Based on the general consensus that moral perpetrators are denied humanness and on research showing that dehumanized groups are often targets of hate, it was expected that different moral transgressions predict distinct levels of hatred and dehumanization, that dehumanization predicts hate, and that perpetrators are hated more because they are dehumanized more. To test this, (N = 220) adults from the United States participated in a within-subjects experimental study that measured hate and dehumanization levels in regards to four different transgressors described in vignettes (engaging in sexual harassment, injustice, physical harm, and stealing). The results showed that sexual harassers and justice transgressors are hated significantly more than those engaging in harming behaviors and in stealing, that sexual harassers and transgressors inflicting harm are dehumanized significantly more than justice transgressors and those who steal, that dehumanization predicts hate, and that the effect of dehumanization on hate is more pronounced in the cases of stealing and sexual harassment. The implications for diminishing biases in the justice system and reducing hate crimes were discussed. Keywords: hate, dehumanization, moral transgressions, sexual harassment, injustice
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Martinez Moreno, C.A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2024 12:51 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2024 12:51 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3927 |
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