Objectification and De-humanization: 60th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1461469589 ISBN 13 : 9781461469582

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2013

Synopsis

​​People often see nonhuman agents as human-like. Through the processes of anthropomorphism and humanization, people attribute human characteristics, including personalities, free will, and agency to pets, cars, gods, nature, and the like. Similarly, there are some people who often see human agents as less than human, or more object-like. In this manner, objectification describes the treatment of a human being as a thing, disregarding the person's personality and/or sentience. For example, women, medical patients, racial minorities, and people with disabilities, are often seen as animal-like or less than human through dehumanization and objectification. These two opposing forces may be a considered a continuum with anthropomorphism and humanization on one end and dehumanization and objectification on the other end. Although researchers have identified some of the antecedents and consequences of these processes, a systematic investigation of the motivations that underlie this continuum is lacking. Considerations of this continuum may have considerable implications for such areas as everyday human functioning, interactions with people, animals, and objects, violence, discrimination, relationship development, mental health, or psychopathology. The edited volume will integrate multiple theoretical and empirical approaches on this issue.​

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Gervais has a dual Ph.D. in Psychology and Women's Studies from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Gervais' research examines power and subtle prejudice. Examining behaviors like the objectifying gaze, patronization, and interpersonal confrontation, Dr. Gervais has found that the discriminatory acts of powerful people are often more subtle and nuanced than previously thought, but they still have negative consequences for recipients. Dr. Gervais also examines the relationship between subtle prejudice, public policy, and law.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461469589
• ISBN 13: 9781461469582
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 197
• Éditeur: Gervais Sarah J.
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