权力稳定性对人性化知觉的影响

The Effect of Stability of Power on Humanization

研究通过两项实验考察了权力稳定性对自我和他人人性化知觉模式的影响。实验结果发现:(1)在权力稳定条件下,相对于低权力者,高权力者对特指他人和泛指他人均表现出显著的"物品化"和"动物化"知觉倾向,但在权力不稳定条件下,该类知觉倾向均被消解;(2)在权力稳定条件下,相对于特指他人和泛指他人,低权力者对自我表现出"动物化"知觉倾向,但在权力不稳定条件下,该知觉倾向被消解。因此,权力的可变性有助于消除个体的去人性化倾向。

In the current study,two experiments were adopted to investigate the influence of stability of power on self-and others-humanization(including both human nature and human uniqueness towards self,specialized-others,and generalized-others).The results are as follows:(1)when individuals hold stable power,compared with low-power ones,high-power ones show more animalistic and objectification forms of dehumanization towards specialized-and generalized-others,while those with unstable power do not exhibit any observed difference;(2)under the stable-power condition,individuals with low power are revealed to be a larger degree of animalistic dehumanization towards self than both specialized-and generalized-others,while such an effect was diminished under the unstable-power condition.Taken together,the variability of power could help eliminate individual’s dehumanization.