The infrahumanization measure underlies the study design manipulating perceived impact.

Evidence

It was thus Leyens et al.’s measure of infrahumanization that we used to investigate our hypothesis regarding the effect of learning about atrocities committed by in-group members toward members of another group. A first study was conducted at the University of Kent (Great Britain), in which we randomly assigned participants to one of two experimental conditions. In one condition, which we called high impact, they learned that the arrival of the British in Australia had a dramatic impact on the life of Aborigines, notably causing a sharp decrease in their population due to military operations by the British as well as diseases introduced by the British settlers. In the low-impact condition, on the contrary, participants read that although a decline in the number of Aborigines happened shortly after the arrival of the British, the number subsequently stabilized to a level similar to that prior to the arrival of the British. — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 42

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Speculative interpretation in the qualitative study seeded the study’s measured variables.; Experimental measures of dehumanization reflect the researcher’s gaze more than the phenomenon itself — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 646; The workers’ study was designed to test questionnaire method itself (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Experimental measures of dehumanization reflect the researcher’s gaze more than the phenomenon itself #complicates (0.78) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 646
• A matched-pair experimental design can isolate moral principles from ingroup bias. #exemplifies (0.76) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1519
• Speculative interpretation in the qualitative study seeded the study’s measured variables. #expands (0.75)
• The workers’ study was designed to test questionnaire method itself #exemplifies (0.75)