lecture 6

the process by which stigmatized groups are placed "outside the boundary in which moral values, rules, and considerations of fairness apply"

• 1) dehumanized groups are placed beyond the boundaries of moral consideration
• 2) dehumanization is an important precondition or consequence of violence 
• 3) dehumanization accompanies extremely negative evaluations
• 4) dehumanization is conceived as a motivated phenomenon that serves individual, interpersonal, or intergroup functions

refers to the tendency to attribute more 'humanness' to one's in-group than to out-groups

this correlated with activation in parts of the brain implicated in social-cognition