A perceiver’s socioeconomic status (SES) should influence social perceptions toward others. However, there is little evidence for this effect within and beyond Western samples. We hence evaluate the relationship between perceiver SES and dehumanized perception in a society where status is historically defined: India. Across two studies, we hypothesized that perceiver SES would predict dehumanization toward societal outcasts—beggars—and norm violators. Replicating previous work, in Study 1, upper SES perceivers dehumanized beggars more than lower SES perceivers; accounted for by low self-reported contact likelihood. In Study 2, norm violators were perceived as less human but more so by lower rather than upper SES perceivers. This novel finding was partially explained by perceivers viewing female violators as less prototypical, aligned with theorizing in gender research. Our results indicate that SES influences dehumanization via contact likelihood as well as the perceived normativity of a targets’ behavior.

感知者的社会经济地位（SES）应该影响社会对他人的感知。但是，在西方样本内外，几乎没有证据表明这种效应。因此，我们在一个历史地位明确的社会：印度，评估了感知者SES与非人性感知之间的关系。在两项研究中，我们假设感知者SES可以预测对社会流浪者（乞g）和违反规范者的不人道化。重复先前的研究，在研究1中，较高的SES感知者比较低的SES感知者对人性化的乞de更多。自我报告的接触可能性低是造成这种情况的原因。在研究2中，违反规范的人被认为不是人类，而是被较低而不是较高的SES感知者认为是人类。感知者将女性违规者视为原型较少，部分解释了这一新颖发现。与性别研究理论相一致。我们的结果表明，SES通过接触可能性以及目标行为的感知规范性影响非人性化。