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GCSE Psychology · key term
Unfair treatment of someone because of a characteristic such as an actual or perceived mental health problem.
Used by OCR
Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Effects of Mental Health Problems on Individuals and SocietyDiscrimination means unfair treatment: refusing that person an opportunity because of this assumption turns the belief into an action.
Unfair treatment of someone because of a characteristic or label, such as a mental health diagnosis.
Distinguish stigma, a negative attitude or belief, from discrimination, unfair treatment. In a scenario, identify what someone thinks and what they actually does.
Distinguish stigma from discrimination: a negative belief is not the same as unfair treatment.
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Unfair treatment of someone because of a characteristic or condition, such as excluding someone because they have a mental health problem.
