Event Title
How the valence of vicarious contact influences dehumanization of individuals who are homeless
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Brittany Tausen, Ph.D.
Project Type
Completed quantitative research study
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Psychology
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Can simply hearing about another person's experience with an individual who is homeless influence one's own tendency to dehumanize these individuals? Participants (N = 141) were randomly assigned to read about a positive or negative encounter a volunteer had with an individual experiencing homelessness before rating themselves and homeless individuals on a series of human-like traits. Results revealed that when controlling for how similar participants felt to the author of a story, the valence of the encounter altered perceptions of the cognitive abilities believed to characterize individuals who are homeless as well as the emotional abilities ascribed to the self.
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How the valence of vicarious contact influences dehumanization of individuals who are homeless
Can simply hearing about another person's experience with an individual who is homeless influence one's own tendency to dehumanize these individuals? Participants (N = 141) were randomly assigned to read about a positive or negative encounter a volunteer had with an individual experiencing homelessness before rating themselves and homeless individuals on a series of human-like traits. Results revealed that when controlling for how similar participants felt to the author of a story, the valence of the encounter altered perceptions of the cognitive abilities believed to characterize individuals who are homeless as well as the emotional abilities ascribed to the self.
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