How do Schaller and Park (2011) explain appearance-related stigmas, such as those towards obese, elderly and physically disabled people?Group of answer choicesAs ‘false positive’ responses based on perceived threat of infectionAs unacceptable prejudices to some of the least fortunate groups in societyAs evolved reactions to people perceived as lacking in competenceAs temporary reactions to social threats

Which of the following best defines a stigma?Multiple Choicean individual who is incapable of taking on the perspectives of another personcommunication that occurs in the context of marginalized or overlooked populationsa characteristic that discredits a person because he or she is seen as abnormal or undesirablea pattern of interaction in which one person perpetually criticizes or condemns others because of characteristics that are out of their immediate control

What are stereotypes and how can they affect people

What explains the circumstances in which prejudiced people might act on their prejudices?Prejudice attraction theorySocial identity theoryJustification-suppression modelNegative attraction theory

Discuss how society reacts to social deviance (e.g., stigmatization, discrimination, marginalization)The impact of public perceptions on deviant individuals

Read this passage from "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut:He tried to think a little about the ballerinas. They weren't really very good—no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. They were burdened with sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in.Which statement best describes the overall impact of the setting?A.The emphasis on how people have been handicapped implies that society has gone to extremes to ensure equality.B.Witnessing something beautiful is compared to "something the cat drug in," which is a simile.C.The description of the ballerinas as average suggests that in the future everyone will be able to do what makes them happy.D.George's watching the ballerinas on television at home implies that society relies too heavily on technology.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS