SOCIOL 2CC3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Erving Goffman
3 Mar 2020
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Everyday working life involves management of multiple identities and for the most part they are all intertwined. Goffman defines stigma as an attribute that prevents an individual from being fully accepted in or connected to the social world. Makes distinction between stigmas that are discredited vs those that are discreditable. Stigmatizing effects of mental illness are extensive. Workers will mental illness worry about it being discovered. Simply being a parent of someone with mental illness may result in same kinds of discrimination or stigma. Individual highly motivated to conceal for good reasons. Process model - of the psychological implications of concealing a stigma. Outlines cognitive, affective and behavioral implications driving the disclosure decision) Important aspects of situation - salience of stigma & threat of discovery. Negative views of self that underlie the decision to disclose. Consequences of the feedback elicited y that disclosure decision.
