Humanness Is Not Always Positive: Automatic Associations between Incivilities and Human Symbols.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 18(8)2021 04 20.
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| ID: mdl-33924009
ABSTRACT
Uncivil behavior involves an attack on social norms related to the protection of public property and respect for community life. However, at the same time, the low-frequency and relatively low-intensity damage caused by most of these behaviors could lead to incivilities being considered a typically human action. The purpose of this set of studies is to examine the automatic associations that people establish between humanness and both civic and uncivil behaviors. Across three studies, uncivil behaviors were more strongly associated with human pictures than animal pictures (study 1) and with human-related words than animal-related words (study 2). We replicated study 2 with uncivil behaviors that do not prime graphically human beings (study 3). Overall, our results showed that uncivil behaviors and civic behaviors were clearly associated with human concepts. Our findings have direct implications for the conceptualization of humanness and its denial.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Incivility
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
España