PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Erving Goffman, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Types of stigma, according to: abominations of body ex. hunchback, blemishes of character ex. Race, gender, skin colour, etc. (that people can visually see and use to identify you as part of a group: being aged is sort of an example of all 3. Identity-threat model of stigma, we need to know this: collective representations, culture/where you live, what stereotypes does your society have, also, meta-stereotypes. People who stereotype jews are dumb: situational cues, what is in the immediate environment that cues things about your identity, ex. Probably due to certain volitional responses: stigma may actually be able to help you, not feel bad about yourself. Not specifically clear why things didn"t go right, so you can blame various things. Discount negative feedback (tell yourself your poor mark wasn"t because you didn"t study enough, it"s because your prof is racist: disidentification. Value dimensions where in-group fares well, but not the ones where it does not.
