Coping with the Stigma of Giftedness
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What is <strong>Stigma</strong>?<br />
! Early Greeks used <strong>the</strong> term to refer to marks that were<br />
intentionally put on someone’s body to indicate unacceptable<br />
behavior.<br />
! G<strong>of</strong>fman (1963) defined stigma as “a mark that is deeply<br />
discrediting.”