Democrats, republicans see each other as mindless—unless they pose a threat, study shows

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 08:02 in Psychology & Sociology

We are less likely to humanize members of groups we don't belong to—except, under some circumstances, when it comes to members of the opposite political party. A study by researchers at New York University and Harvard Business School suggests that we are more prone to view members of the opposite political party as human if we view those individuals as threatening.

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