<span>. People who are stigmatized are frequently labeled as deviant.
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People for example might be stigmatized because of their poverty. it is in research records that the poorer in society are often stigmatized, but also the same people are labelled as deviant. Such forms of deviance includes crime.
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The answer is: the spotlight effect.
People who experience a spotlight effect would perceive that they are receiving more attention from other people than they actually do.
This effect tend to be caused by irrational fear of social judgement. The fear caused personal insecurities that make the victim felt every gesture made by other people was made to mock him/her from behind.
Example of a spotlight effect is when an overweight person felt insecure about their body and falsely perceive other people who are having personal conversation behind him are currently mocking his body.
