Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of stigma?
a) A label applied to a group of people that distinguishes them from others.
b) A label applied to a group of people that breaks the law.
c) The label is linked to deviant or undesirable attributes by society.
d) People with the label face unfair discrimination.
Question 2
The destructive beliefs and attitudes held by a society that are ascribed to groups considered different in some manner, such as people with mental illness are called
a) disorders
b) stigmas.
c) preconceived notions.
d) discriminative categories.
Monstrous people from distant lands depicted in a fifteenth-century European woodcut.
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