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Conceptual Model Of Dehumanization Essay

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Pulling from previous research, the authors use a conceptual model to examine the dimensions of dehumanization. This delves into two categories; human uniqueness and human nature. The authors describe human uniqueness, when denied to an individual, as being seen as child or animal-like, and often seen as stupid. When human nature is denied, people are seen as lacking emotion, machine-like, or as an object. The authors then explain that this bi-fold model is useful to their study in that it allows them to look at subtle everyday interactions. It also shows two ways in which people can feel dehumanized and it breaks down the two types of humanness into cognition, and empathy. The authors’ thesis is that the two types of dehumanization occur in
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