One Criticism of People-First Language Is That It

question 6

Multiple Choice

One criticism of people-first language is that it

• A) subtly implies there is something wrong with having a disability.
• B) is awkward to use in practice.
• C) results in people holding ambivalent attitudes toward people with disabilities.
• D) results in people using adjectives rather than nouns.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.