Dimensions of Marginality: Distinctions among those Who are Different
| Autor: | Deborrah E. S. Frable |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Social Psychology
05 social sciences 050301 education Stigma (botany) Impression formation 050109 social psychology Human physical appearance Developmental psychology Master status 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Multidimensional scaling Semantic differential Psychology 0503 education Social psychology Connotation |
| Zdroj: | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 19:370-380 |
| ISSN: | 1552-7433 0146-1672 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0146167293194002 |
| Popis: | Master status individuals are persons whose physical appearance, behavior, or life circumstance is statistically unusual and centrally defining. In three studies, undergraduates indicated the dissimilarity among various master status groups (e.g., amputees, musical prodigies, criminals, royalty) and then rated them on semantic differential scales (e.g., good-bad, safe-dangerous, alluring-repelling). Multidimensional scaling revealed that few dimensions are needed to distinguish among these marginal individuals. The most common distinctions are evaluative connotation and visibility of the master status characteristic. It was also found that, as a group, those who are culturally stigmatized are far more differentiated than those who are culturally valued. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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