PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Social Stigma, Stereotype Threat, Intellectual Disability
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Internalized devaluation and situational threat chapter 24. History of research on stigma and self-worth: stigmatized people sometimes decide that negative stereotypes of their group are valid, and stereotype themselves. Overweight ppl decide negative stereotypes of themselves are valid believe they deserve their devalued status and defend the system: self-esteem: personal and global feelings of self-worth, self-regard, or self-acceptance; Review of literature on the link between stigma and self esteem: failure to find low self esteem among many stigmatized groups is because The moderator solution: meta-analytic investigations focus on demographic moderator variables of the effects of stigma on self esteem. Psychologists in contrast focus on the psychological variables instead ex. Belief in a just world or others approval vs persons self esteem: psychological moderators suggest effect of prejudice or stigma on self esteem depend on the meaning people make of their devalued status.
