Article 1: Broadened Concepts of Harm Flashcards

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bullying, trauma, sexual harassment have expanded meanings = wider range of phenomena previously overlooked

What might this lead people to do?

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This may lead people to downplay the seriousness of the harm, consider the harm less important as societal issue, less morally
problematic

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Define concept creep

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pattern of semantic expansion in harm-related concepts

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Show an example of a pattern of semantic expansion in harm-related concepts

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sexual harassment in the past = threatening or bribing employees into sexual activities

now = wider range of offensive expressions, gestures, personal questions.

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What are the causes for concept creep?

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  1. A rising cultural sensitivity to harm
  2. Declining prevalence of harm
  3. Motivated political actors
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What are the beneficial consequences of concept creep?

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It’s beneficial for identifying and problematizing harmful behavior previously overlooked

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What are the negative consequences of concept creep?

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  1. A lower bar for “harm” definition&raquo_space; more people identify as victims, respond disproportionately to minor adversities
  2. Trivializes societal harms (people perceive it as less serious in
    their hierarchy of concerns)
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the experiments : Prototypical condition, Marginal condition, Mixed condition.

5 studies : Bullying, Trauma, Bullying Replication, Trauma Replication, Sexual Harassment.

What were the results regarding the severity of each scenario?

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Results are all the same : participants view the assigned scenarios severity as such :

Protoypical > Mixed > Marginal

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Define prototypical condition

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traditional, severe examples

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Define marginal condition

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less severe, broadened
concept

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Define mixed condition

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balance of prototypical and marginal

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