Stigmas

Question 1

Secondary deviation

Answer 1

The response of self and others to the public recognition - the label - of the difference (in primary deviation)

Question 2

Discreditable stigma

Answer 2

A stigma that is not known about by the many people with whom the person with the stigma comes into contact with everyday. Only the person with the stigmatizing condition and a few close intimates will know about it.

Question 3

Discrediting stigma

Answer 3

A stigma that cannot be hidden from other people because it is obvious and visible. People often respond to the condition rather than the person.

Question 4

Felt stigma

Answer 4

The fear that one might be discriminated against or disadvantaged due to a particular condition

Question 5

Primary deviation

Answer 5

A physical or social difference of an individual or group

Question 6

Enacted stigma

Answer 6

The real experience of prejudice, discrimination and disadvantage as a result of a particular condition

Question 7

Cultural relativism

Answer 7

Accepting that there are many beliefs about the world and that no one has the single right answer to the worlds problems

Question 8

Cultural costume

Answer 8

The particular set of recipes the individuals or families of a community have to give meaning and shape to their experiences and to communicate these experiences through shared ceremonies, rituals and symbols

Question 9

Cultural camouflage

Answer 9

When culture is invoked as a smokescreen to obscure individual states of mind or patterns of interaction in the family, the cultural costumes becomes cultural camouflage - culture is used as a way of drawing attention away from or even covering up other difficulties

Question 10

Working misunderstanding

Answer 10

In order for work to happen, and happen well, we do not always have to understand perfectly what is happening across a culture - we should accept that it is not fully possible to understand another persons cultural beliefs