Demoulin Stéphanie

 

Stéphanie Demoulin 


Professor

 

Address

Department of Psychology
Université catholique de Louvain
Place du Cardinal Mercier 10
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
 
  
Tel. +32-10-47 30 10
Fax. +32-10-47 37 74 
E-Mail : stephanie.demoulin@uclouvain.be

URL Personal webpage

 

Degree: 
PhD in psychology, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
 
Research interests:  
My first research interest was on intergroup relations and the infra-humanization of social

outgroups. More specifically, with a group of international colleagues we hypothesized and

found that people subtly  differentiate their ingroups from outgroups by attributing to

themselves more uniquely-human attributes than they attribute to others. Doing so, they

deprive others from essential qualities inherent to the human nature. In this context, I familiarized myself with and got interested in theories of essentialism and entitativity. More recently, I

developed another line of research that focuses on negotiation processes. The social psychology literature on negotiation, and more specifically, intergroup negotiation is almost inexistent.

This lack of interest is surprising given the fact that, in many domains, groups have been shown to work differently than individuals. My interest, therefore, is on intergroup negotiation, intergroup emotions in negotiation, and the process of negotiator’s choice in intergroup negotiation.

 

Keywords: Negotiation; Infra-humanization; Emotions; Essentialism; Racism; Intergroup misunderstandings; Discrimination


Publications:
In press

Cuddy, A. J. C., Fiske, S. T., Kwan, V. S. Y., Glick, P., Demoulin, S., Leyens, J-Ph.,

Bond, M. H., et al. (in press). Is the stereotype content model culture-bound? A cross-cultural

comparison reveals systematic similarities and differences. British Journal of Social

Psychology.

Demoulin, S., Cortes, B. P., & Leyens, J.Ph.  (in press). Differentiated emotional reactions

to real life emotional events happening to ingroup versus outgroup members. In S. Demoulin,

J.Ph. Leyens, & J.F. Dovidio (Eds.), Intergroup misunderstandings: Impact of divergent

social realities. New York: Psychology Press.

Demoulin, S., Cortes, B. P., Viki, T. G., Rodriguez, A. P., Rodriguez, R. T., Paladino,

M. P., & Leyens, J. Ph. (in press). The role of ingroup identification in infra-humanization.

International Journal of Psychology.

Demoulin, S., Leyens, J.Ph., & Dovidio, J.F. (in press). Intergroup misunderstandings:

Impact of divergent social realities. New York: Psychology Press.

Demoulin, S., Leyens, J.Ph., & Dovidio, J.F. (in press). Interactions and divergent realities.

In S. Demoulin, J.Ph. Leyens, & J.F. Dovidio (Eds.), Intergroup misunderstandings: Impact

of divergent social realities. New York: Psychology Press.

Kervyn, N. O., Yzerbyt, V., Demoulin, S., & Judd, C. (in press). Competence and

warmth in context: The compensatory nature of stereotypic views of national groups.

European Journal of Social Psychology.

Maquil, A. Demoulin, S., & Leyens, J.Ph. (in press). Norms of non-discrimination: color-

consciousness versus color-blindness. In S. Demoulin, J.Ph. Leyens, & J.F. Dovidio (Eds.),

Intergroup misunderstandings: Impact of divergent social realities. New York: Psychology

Press.

Leyens, J. Ph. & Demoulin, S. (in press). Subjective group realities. In J. F. Dovidio,

M. Hewstone, & P. Glick (Eds.) Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination.

Oxford: Psychology Press.

Leyens, J.-P., & Demoulin, S. (in press). Hierarchy-based groups: Real inequalities and

essential

differences. In S. Otten, T. Kessler & K. Sassenberg (Eds.), Intergroup relations:

The role of motivation and emotion. London: Psychology Press.

 

2008

Demoulin, S., Saroglou, V., & Van Pachterbeke, M. (2008). Infra-humanizing others,

supra-humanizing gods: The emotional hierarchy. Social Cognition, 2, 234-246.

 

2007

Boccato, G., Cortes, B., Demoulin, S., & Leyens, J.-Ph. (2007). The automaticity of

infrahumanization. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 987-999.

Leyens, J. Ph., Demoulin, S., Vaes, J., Gaunt, R., Paladino, M.P. (2007).

Infra-humanization :

The wall of group differences. Journal of Social Issues and Policy Review, 1, 139-172.

 

2006

Demoulin, S., Leyens, J.Ph., & Yzerbyt, V.Y. (2006). Lay theories of essentialism. Group

Processes and Intergroup Relations, 9, 25-42

Leyens J. P.h. et Demoulin, S. (2006). L'infra-humanisation comme symptôme de racisme

subtil. In R. V. Joule (Ed.), Bilans et perspectives en Psychologie Sociale. Vol. 1. Grenoble:

Presses Universitaires de Grenoble.

 

2005

Cortes, B.P., Demoulin, S., Rodriguez, R.T., Rodriguez, A.P., & Leyens, J.Ph. (2005).

Infra-humanization or familiarity ? Attribution of uniquely human emotions to the self,

the ingroup, and the outgroup. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 243-253. 

Demoulin, S., Leyens, J.Ph., Rodriguez, R.T., Rodriguez, A.P., Paladino, M.P., &

Fiske, S.T. (2005). Motivation to support a desired conclusion versus motivation to

avoid an undesirable conclusion: The case of infra-humanization. International Journal

of Psychology, 40, 416-428.

Demoulin, S., Leyens, J.Ph., Vaes, J., Paladino, M.P., & Cortes, B.P. (2005).

Le cas de l’infra-humanisation. In M. Sanchez-Mazas & L. Licata (Eds.),

L'autre: Regards psychosociaux. Grenoble : Presses Universitaires de Grenoble.

Rodriguez, R.T., Leyens, J.Ph., Rodriguez, A.P., Betancor, V.R., Quiles del Castillo,

M.N., Demoulin, S., & Cortes, B.P. (2005). The lay distinction between primary

and secondary emotions : A spontaneous categorization? International Journal of

Psychology, 40, 100-107.

 

2004

Demoulin, S., Leyens, J. Ph., Paladino, P.M., Rodriguez, A. P., Rodriguez, R. T. &

Dovidio, J. (2004). Dimensions of “uniquely” and “non uniquely” human emotions.

Cognition and Emotion, 18, 71-96.

Demoulin, S., Rodriguez, R.T., Rodriguez, A.P., Vaes, J., Paladino, M.P., Gaunt, R.,

Cortes, B.P., & Leyens, J.Ph. (2004). Emotional prejudice can lead to infra-humanization.

In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone, European Review of Social Psychology, Vol. 15. London : 

Psychology Press.

Klein, O., Demoulin, S., Licata, L., & Lambert, S. (2004). “If you know he is an engineer,

I don’t need to tell you he is smart”: The Influence of Stereotypes on the Communication

of Social Knowledge". Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive / Current Psychology of

Cognition, 22, 463-478.

Paladino, M.P., Vaes, J., Castano, E., Demoulin, S., & Leyens, J.Ph. (in press).

Emotional infra-humanization in intergroup relations: The role of national

identification in the attribution of secondary emotions to Italians and Germans.

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive / Current Psychology of Cognition, 22, 519-536.

Yzerbyt, V., Estrada, C., Corneille, O., Seron, E., & Demoulin, S. (2004). Subjective

essentialism in action: Self-anchoring and social control as consequences of fundamental

social divides. In V.Y. Yzerbyt, C.M. Judd, & O. Corneille (Eds.), The psychology of

group perception : Contributions to the study of homogeneity, entitativity, and

essentialism. London: Psychology Press.

 

2003

Leyens, J.Ph., Cortes, B.P., Demoulin, S., Dovidio, J., Fiske, S.T., Gaunt, R.,

Paladino, M.P., Rodriguez, A.P., Rodriguez, R.T., & Vaes, V. (2003). Emotional prejudice,

essentialism, and nationalism. European Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 703-717.

 

2002

Demoulin, S. (2002). Infra-humanization: Using uniquely-human emotions to

discriminate outgroups. Doctoral dissertation. Université catholique de Louvain.

Gaunt, R., Leyens, J. Ph. & Demoulin, S. (2002). Intergroup relations and the

attribution of emotions: Control over memory for secondary emotions associated

with ingroup versus outgroup. Journal of Experiment Social Psychology, 38, 508-514.

Leyens, J.Ph., Demoulin, S., Désert, M., Vaes, J., & Phillipot, P. (2002). Expressing

emotions and decoding them: In-groups and out-groups do not share the same advantages.

In D. Mackie & E. Smith (Eds.), From prejudice to intergroup emotions:

Differentiated reactions to social groups. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.

Paladino, M.P., Leyens, J.Ph., Rodriguez, R.T., Rodriguez, A.P., Gaunt, R., &

Demoulin, S. (2002). Differential associations of uniquely and non-uniquely human

emotions to the ingroup and the outgroups. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations,

5, 105-117.

 

2001

Leyens, J.Ph., Rodriguez, A.P., Rodriguez, R.T., Gaunt, R., Paladino, P.M., Vaes,

J. & Demoulin, S. (2001). Psychological essentialism and the differential attribution

of typically human emotions to ingroups and outgroups. European Journal of Social

Psychology, 31, 395-411.

 

2000

Leyens, J.Ph., Paladino, P.M., Rodriguez, R.T., Vaes, J., Demoulin, S., Rodriguez,

A.P. & Gaunt, R. (2000). The emotional side of prejudice: The role of secondary emotions.

Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4, 186-197.

 

1999

Leyens, J.Ph., Paladino, P.M. & Demoulin, S. (1999). Nous et les autres :

Peut-on vivre sans stéréotypes aujourd’hui ? Sciences Humaines, 94, 26-29.

Leyens, J.Ph., Paladino, P.M., & Demoulin, S. (1999). Rasisti fara voie.

sichologia sociala, 3, 155-159.

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