Drawing on what you have read in the text, define stigma.
What will be an ideal response?
Stigma is a deeply discrediting characteristic that is viewed as an obstacle to competent or morally trustworthy behavior.
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All of the following are ways that pornography is implicated in the problem of rape, EXCEPT that it
a) trivializes the problem of rape. b) tends to incite violent, angry men to rape. c) provides an erotic sexual outlet. d) treats women as men's sex objects.
Christina is angry with her husband Tyrone for spending too much time and energy on his business endeavors, and she expresses dislike for his very expensive car. This is an illustration of a. displacement. b. sabotage
c. suppression of anger. d. an anger "instead.".
Which of the following is part of the ‘hidden curriculum' of the kindergarten?
a. learning to distinguish different colors b. learning the letters of the alphabet c. learning how to use a pencil properly d. learning to count to one hundred e. learning to raise one's hand before speaking
Jack believes that mental illness is a disease with biological causes, remedied primarily by treating the patient. Which model of mental illness does Jack believe in?
A. physical B. physician C. medical D. deviance