The Social Psychology of StigmaTodd F. Heatherton Guilford Press, 2003 M07 16 - 450 pages The volume demonstrates that stigma is a normal - albeit undesirable - consequence of people's limited cognitive resources, and of the social information and experiences to which they are exposed. Incorporated are the perspectives of both the perceiver and the target; the relevance of personal and collective identities; and the interplay of affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes. Particular attention is given to how stigmatized persons make meaning of their predicaments, such as by forming alternative, positive group identities. |
Contents
Stigma Introduction and Overview | 1 |
THE PERCEIVER | 27 |
Why People Stigmatize Toward a Biocultural Framework | 29 |
Threat and the Social Construction of Stigma | 60 |
Stigma and Stereotypes | 86 |
Ideology and Lay Theories of Stigma The Justification of Stigmatization | 124 |
THE STIGMATIZED | 149 |
Social Stigma and the Self Meanings Situations and Selfesteem | 151 |
Coping with Stigma and Prejudice | 241 |
THE SOCIAL INTERFACE | 271 |
Awkward Moments in Interactions between Nonstigmatized and Stigmatized Individuals | 273 |
Stigma Threat and Social Interactions | 305 |
Too Young Too Old Stigmatizing Adolescents and Elders | 332 |
372 | |
The Social Consequences of Physical Disability | 417 |
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The LookingGlass Self Revisited Behavior Choice and SelfPerception in the Social Token | 182 |
The Hidden Costs of Hidden Stigma | 218 |
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