The psychology of humanness

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-51

  Haslam, Nick ^a   Loughnan, Steve ^a   Holland, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animals; Dehumanization; Human nature; Humanness; Infrahumanization; Mind perception; Objectification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DEHUMANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEHUMANIZATION; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84885220776     PISSN: 01467875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6959-9_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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