Humanness is something generally associated with the in-group and denied to out-groups. However, not all out-groups are equally deprived of their humanness. Correlational studies suggest that numerical minorities (from the perceiver's perspective) are more likely to be judged as less than human. In the present research, we interpreted this phenomenon in terms of the cognitive processes involved in illusory correlation and identified and tested the conditions (i.e., humanness as a frequent and shared characteristic, and relative small group size) that would contribute to minority dehumanization. In two studies in which participants learned about members of two new groups differing in size, we found support for this account. The findings of the present research broaden the current knowledge of out-group dehumanization, showing the contribution of cognitive processes in the denial of humanness to minority groups. Implications for the understanding of the determinants of group dehumanization and illusory corr...

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群体外人性化的认知决定因素：虚假关联和（数字）少数民族的人性化

人性通常与群体内的人有关，而群体外的人则拒绝。但是，并非所有的外来群体都同样被剥夺了人性。相关研究表明（从感知者的角度来看）少数族裔被认为比人类少。在本研究中，我们从涉及虚幻相关性的认知过程的角度解释了这种现象，并确定并测试了会导致少数群体非人性化的条件（即，人类是经常性和共有的特征，并且群体规模相对较小）。在两项研究中，参与者了解了规模不同的两个新小组的成员，我们找到了对该帐户的支持。本研究的发现拓宽了群体外非人类化的当前知识，表明认知过程在否定人类对少数群体的贡献。对理解群体非人性化和虚幻错误的决定因素的启示...