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Author Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (60th : 2012 : Lincoln, Neb.)

Title Objectification and (de)humanization : 60th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation / Sarah J. Gervais, editor
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2013

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Series Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 0146-7875 ; 60
Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation ; v. 60
Contents Toward a Unified Theory of Objectification and Dehumanization / Sarah J. Gervais, Philippe Bernard, Olivier Klein -- The Psychology of Humanness / Nick Haslam, Steve Loughnan, Elise Holland -- Varieties of (De) Humanization: Divided by Competition and Status / Susan T. Fiske -- Immortal Objects: The Objectification of Women as Terror Management / Jamie L. Goldenberg -- On Objects and Actions: Situating Self-Objectification in a System Justification Context / Rachel M. Calogero -- Motivated Mind Perception: Treating Pets as People and People as Animals / Nicholas Epley, Juliana Schroeder, Adam Waytz -- Discrimination, Objectification, and Dehumanization: Toward a Pantheoretical Framework / Bonnie Moradi
Summary Objectification and (De)humanization brings together a wealth of scholarship from across psychology and the social sciences to illuminate how we understand "human-ness" and to focus on the many ways that those human qualities are minimized--and frequently denied--in others. "They're all alike. I have no use for them. They're not like us-- they're barely human." These statements are easily recognized as different degrees of stereotyping, bigotry, and discrimination. But psychologically speaking, these inaccurate perceptions of people show other, deeper, forces at work: objectification, the reduction of people to specific parts or functions, and dehumanization, the treating of humans as animals or inanimate objects. This forward-looking Volume in the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation offers research on dehumanization and objectification as experienced by both the targets and the initiators of these processes for clear insights into their effects on individual mental health and societal well-being. The theories in this book carry wider implications for action, from addressing various forms of pathology to advancing social justice. Included in the coverage: Moving towards a unified theory of objectification and dehumanization. A terror management perspective on the objectification of women. Pity, disgust, other? Varieties of dehumanization. Self-objectification as justification of unjust systems. Treating pets as people/treating people as animals. Considering a pan-theoretical approach to objectification and dehumanization. Objectification and (De)humanization is a groundbreaking reference for social psychologists, cognitive psychologists, clinical psychologists, and experimental psychologists as well as researchers in gender studies, anthropologists, and sociologists. Its depth of analysis is a testament to our continued recognition of our shared humanity
Analysis Consciousness
Psychology
Personality and Social Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Social psychology -- Congresses
Motivation (Psychology)
Social psychology.
Motivation
Psychology, Social
social psychology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Motivation (Psychology)
Social psychology
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Gervais, Sarah J
ISBN 9781461469599
1461469597
1461469589
9781461469582