Of filthy pigs and subhuman mongrels: Dehumanization, disgust, and intergroup prejudice

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-284

  Hodson, Gordon ^a   Kteily, Nour ^a,b   Hoffarth, Mark ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Dehumanization; Disgust; Infrahumanization; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907542590     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4473/TPM21.3.3     Document Type: Review

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