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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.”

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