Ch 11

Question 1

stigma consciousness

Answer 1

the awareness that one is singled out by others based on an attribute that is negatively stereotyped.

Question 2

stigma controllability

Answer 2

refers to who caused or is responsible for the stigmatizing attribute, status, or condition or to what extent it could have been prevented.

Question 3

Just world theory

Answer 3

argues that we have a general need to see the world- and the people and events in it- as reasonable, orderly and just.

Question 4

stigma visibility

Answer 4

refers to how apparent a stigma is to others and how difficult it is to conceal from others

Question 5

stigma peril

Answer 5

a final dimension of the social consequences of stigma; the danger that other people associate with a stigmatizing condition.

Question 6

master status attribute

Answer 6

all of a stigmatized person’s other abilities and qualities become subordinate to and colored because, in coming to view themselves as others view them, stigmatized people risk elevating the stigmatizing attribute.

Question 7

stigma management

Answer 7

individual strategies for coping with social stigma

Question 8

withdrawal

Answer 8

one strategy by which stigmatized individuals may cope with the negative social implications of stigma.

Question 9

passing

Answer 9

concerns methods and strategies for concealing one’s stigmatizing attribute to condition from others.

Question 10

self-promotion

Answer 10

refers to demonstrating to other people that you, as a stigmatized person, are multidimensional and competent in several domains

Question 11

compensation

Answer 11

involved stigmatized people deliberately presenting to others behavior that contradicts the assumptions held about their abilities or character.

Question 12

covering

Answer 12

involves efforts to minimize the impact of one’s stigmatizing attribute on social interactions.