Causes and consequences of mind perception

Waytz, Adam; Gray, Kurt; Epley, Nicholas; Wegner, Daniel M.

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2010.05.006

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“…The dehumanizing effect of objectification can be expected to reduce the inhibition to aggress because the objectified would be seen as underserving of moral concern. In addition, it has been shown that people tend to feel comfortable with aggressing and are more willing to aggress against individuals and groups they dehumanize (see Haslam, 2006;Waytz, Gray, Epley, & Wegner, 2010). This fits with important theories of aggression.…”

Section: Objectification and Anti-social Tendenciessupporting

confidence: 61%

The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth

Vasquez

Osinnowo

Pina

et al. 2017

Psychology, Crime & Law

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(2016) The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 23 (5 AbstractSexual objectification is related to various negative attitudes and outcomes, including rape proclivity and reduced moral concern for the objectified, which suggests that objectification has implications for aggression. Our study examined the relationship between objectification and general aggressive behaviour in adolescents, including gang-affiliated youth. We hypothesized that 1) objectification would correlate with aggression towards girls, 2) gang affiliation would correlate with objectification and aggression towards girls, and 3) objectification and gang affiliation would interact such that strongly affiliated participants who objectified girls would be most aggressive towards them. We also hypothesized that sexual objectification would be a significant predictor of aggression above and beyond other factors, such as trait aggression. As predicted, objectification correlated with aggression towards girls and with gang affiliation, which also correlated with aggression. In addition, objectification predicted aggression towards girls, after controlling for other relevant factors.Further, we found an objectification x gang affiliation interaction, which differed from our original predictions. Among participants low in gang affiliation, objectification of girls predicted levels of aggression towards them. Among those high in gang affiliation, however, objectification did not predict aggression. We discussed the implications of our findings for general aggression.

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Section: Objectification and Anti-social Tendenciessupporting

confidence: 61%

The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth

Vasquez

Osinnowo

Pina

et al. 2017

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…This capability is often associated with cognitive empathy (Preston and Hofelich, 2012). Ascribing mental states to or perceiving minds in others have profound consequences for both the observer and the observed (Haslam, 2006;Waytz, Gray, Epley, and Wegner, 2010). TOM deficits are prominent in various psychological disorders impairing subjective quality of life (e.g.…”

Section: Theory Of Mindmentioning

confidence: 99%

Watching Closely

Bálint

Klausch

Pólya

2018

Journal of Media Psychology

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Shot scale in film, that is the apparent spatial distance of characters from the camera, is one of the most important compositional elements in a film shot guiding media audiences' attention. The primary aim of the present study was to investigate the extent to which apparent spatial distance of fictional characters can evoke theory of mind responding in film viewers. Theory of mind, referring to the capacity of attributing mental states to others, is considered fundamental in audiences' character involvement and narrative understanding, and it presumably mediates narrative effects. Four short animated movies were annotated for shot scale distribution and presented to participants (N = 52) in a within-subject design.Participants were asked to retell the story of the films and fill in questionnaires on narrative experience. Skin conductance was also measured during exposure. Story-descriptions were content analysed for theory of mind responses. In a Poisson-regression model average spatial

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“…A large body of evidence shows that similarity either directly helps people understand the mental states of their social interaction partners (Waytz, Gray, Epley, and Wegner 2010) or helps people perform social tasks that require such an understanding (Davis, Conklin, Smith, and Luce 1996;Mathur, Harada, Lipke, and Chiao 2010;Norton, Monin, Cooper, and Hogg 2003;Smith and Henry 1996).…”

Section: Similarity and The Feeling Of Certaintymentioning

confidence: 99%