Infra-humanizing others, supra-humanizing gods: The emotional hierarchy
(2008) Social Cognition — Vol. 26, n° 2, p. 235-247 (2008)
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- Previous research has shown that people tend to infra-humanize outgroup members by being reluctant to attribute them secondary, uniquely human, emotions (Demoulin et al., 2004; Leyens et al., 2000). In the present paper, we extend the infra-humanization theory by arguing that people, going to the opposite pole of the humanness continuum, have also the tendency to supra-humanize some supernatural entities. Two exploratory studies focusing at the explicit perceptions of God and the self give support to these assumptions. The several consequences of gods' supra-humanization for social cognition are discussed.
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Demoulin, S., Saroglou, V., & Van Pachterbeke, M. (2008). Infra-humanizing others, supra-humanizing gods: The emotional hierarchy. Social Cognition, 26(2), 235-247. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2008.26.2.235 (Original work published 2008)