Participants rated Aborigines’ capacity for uniquely human emotions after reading about the history.

Evidence

After reading about the varied histories (according to the condition) of the relationships between the British and the Aborigines, participants indicated to what extent they estimated the capacity of Aborigines to feel a series of emotions. The emotions presented to them varied in the degree to which they were considered uniquely human (as derived from previous normative studies). — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 43

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Reading about colonial harm reduces perceived emotional capacity of the harmed group — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2107; People attribute uniquely human emotions only to their own group — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 641; People attribute uniquely human secondary emotions to out-group members less than to in-group members. — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the…, 38

Broader Connections