The Disgrace That a Person Assigns to Himself or Herself

question 18

Multiple Choice

The disgrace that a person assigns to himself or herself is called

• A) group stigma.
• B) self-stigma.
• C) personal stigma.
• D) public stigma.

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Definitions:

Abu Ghraib

A prison in Iraq, the site of notorious abuses of detainees by members of the United States armed forces in the early 2000s.

Foot-in-the-door Technique

A compliance strategy used to persuade someone to agree to a large request by first getting them to agree to a modest request.

Persuasion

Persuasion is the act of convincing someone to change their beliefs, attitude, or behavior through argument, reasoning, or appeal to emotion.

Peripheral Route

A term from the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion, referring to when a person is persuaded by something other than the argument or content of a message, such as attractiveness or celebrity endorsement.