stigmatized people: - Answers-face rejection and avoidance from others; gaining acceptance is regarded
as the chief problem for most stigmatized people
(Goffman, 1963).
-Stigmatized people also provoke negative emotional reactions in others, such as tension, uncertainty,
or disliking
-Friendships and companionship play a vital role in preserving mental health and adjustment
Stigma heightens anxiety: - Answers-in others, leading to fewer and poorer social interactions.
-in oneself, leading to more vigilance about, and less control over, one's behavior.
Stigma heightens stereotyping: - Answers-from others, leading to more negative assumptions about, and
discrimination of, stigmatized individuals.
-of oneself, leading to avoidance of stereotype-confirming situations and defensiveness toward majority
group persons.
stigma consciousness: - AnswersSocial consequences of stigma also accrue from the awareness that one
is singled out by others based on an attribute that is negatively stereotyped (Pinel, 1999)
Stigma controllability: - Answersrefers to who caused or is responsible for the stigmatizing attribute,
status, or condition or to what extent it could have been prevented
Just world theory: - Answersargues that we have a general need to see the world—and the people and
events in it—as reasonable, orderly, and just
Stigma visibility: - Answersrefers to how apparent it is to others and how difficult it is to conceal from
others
stigma peril: - AnswersA final dimension of the social consequences of stigma is the danger that other
people associate with a stigmatizing condition
master status attribute: - Answersall of a stigmatized person's other abilities and qualities will become
subordinate to and colored by this
stigma management: - Answersindividual strategies for coping with social stigma
Withdrawal: - Answers-One strategy by which stigmatized individuals may cope with the negative social
implications of stigma—namely, rejection, strained interactions, and loss of opportunity—is to simply
avoid people who treat them stereotypically.