Chapter 5: Cultural Frames

Question 1

Schematic Constructs

Answer 1

Ways people tend to organize their “scripts”

• physical characteristics
• social rules
• social interactions
• psychological characteristics
• memberships/associations

Question 2

Schema

Answer 2

“scripts” we learn from life experience which help us predict how to act and how others will act in new but similar situations

Question 3

Oppression and Types

Answer 3

Unjust or excessive exercise of power or position that hurts, maligns or disempowers

• individual
• group
• institutionalized

Question 4

Marginalization

Answer 4

Systematic exclusion of minority groups from quality social services, economic opportunities, health care, and education

Question 5

Audism

Answer 5

Attitude based on pathological thinking resulting in a negative stigma toward anyone who does not hear

Question 6

Pathological View of Deafness

Answer 6

Deaf is disabled and needs to be fixed

Question 7

Cultural View of Deafness

Answer 7

Deafness is normal, capable human life, conforming with norms and behavior based on visual/non-hearing norms

Question 8

Oppressor characteristics

Answer 8

Pejorative view of minority group
Reciprocity of perspectives (assuming they want to be like you)
Members of in-group innocent childlike
Paternalism
Need for approval (from minorities)
Fear freedom movements

Question 9

How Audism Affects Deaf People

Answer 9

ambivalence- mixed feelings about self based on society’s view
fatalism and passivity- passively taking whatever happens, sensing you can do nothing to change
horizontal violence- crab theory
benefactors are perfect- idealizing oppressors
emotional dependence on oppressor
fear of freedom

Question 10

Institutionalized oppression

Answer 10

subtle, long-term conditioning of public to view minorities as less-than
continues over extended time until marginalization is normalized and accepted