Journal article
Humanizing the self: Moderators of the attribution of lesser humanness to others
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol.33(1), pp.57-68
01/2007
Abstract
Three studies investigated moderators of the tendency to attribute greater humanness to the self than to others, an interpersonal counterpart of outgroup infra-humanization. Study 1 demonstrated that this self-humanizing effect is reduced when the other is the focus of comparison. Study 2 showed that the effect is reduced when the other is individuated. Study 3 indicated that empathy does not moderate self-humanizing: Self-humanizing failed to correlate negatively with dispositional empathy or perspective-taking. Study 3 also indicated that abstract construal moderates the self-humanizing effect using a temporal comparison. Participants rated their future self, but not their past self, as less human than their present self. Studies 1 and 3 also showed that self-humanizing is greater for undesirable traits: People may view their failings as "only human." All findings were distinct from those attributable to self-enhancement. Self-humanizing may reflect a combination of egocentrism, focalism, abstract representation of others, and motivated processes.
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- Title
- Humanizing the self: Moderators of the attribution of lesser humanness to others
- Authors/Creators
- N. Haslam (Author/Creator)P. Bain (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol.33(1), pp.57-68
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005540687407891
- Copyright
- © 2007 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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