PSYC12H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Inequality, Contact Hypothesis, Triceps Brachii Muscle
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Story about matthew who was a 21-year-old homosexual who was beat up by two heterosexual males and eventually died in hospital. Stigma: the possession of a characteristic or attribute that is devalued by society. Stigmatized have spoiled identity : are discriminated against, three types of stigmas (according to goffman): Abominations of the body (e. g. , physical deformities, obesity) Blemishes of individual character (e. g. , personality traits, mental illness, drunkenness) Tribal stigmas of race, nation, and religion (e. g. , prejudice against another race) A model of stigma reactions: major and o"brien (2005) Three things that make an identity threat appraisal. Appraising whether you think you have been devalued: collective representation: culture, meta-stereotype, knowledge of stereotypes, situational cues: communicating stigma relevance, personal characteristics: individual difference in perception and appraisal. After you make a threat appraisal two things occur: Volitional responses (ways of coping with the situation) Nonvolitional and volitional responses result in outcomes. Short-term outcomes (e. g. , getting flustered and stammered)
