Being labeled does it affect a person?

barry711

In a sense that because society or some other influential person has labeled another as such do you think people might subconsciously play to that role and then become what it is that they have been labeled?

I think it might be true. If you can tell a person when they are young that they are good at something such as playing piano or football or what have you, and encourage them and you say things like "keep it up and you will be a pro one day" often these people do go onto become very successful in whatever there hobby was at the time and even in some case they do indeed be come very famous.

So flipping this idea around to a negative stance and labeling people as bad, evil, mean, "mentally ill" telling them the have disorders and such I think people would act in a way that people see and view these individuals.

I think its party because everyone wants an "identify" and a lot of people don't take the time to get to know who they really are other than the roles and titles they play in any given situation, the mum, sister, aunt Mary, the job persona we must adapt to in the work places. Were are always shifting between roles in our lives. If a person hasn't got a good idea of who they are and they are told or "labeled" as something by people or a person then they see it as an identity they can conform to.

Mahatma coat

throwin labels arouind is a very dangerous thing to do.

a lot of armchair psychotherapists like to bandy about labels to impress those in their imideate fold, these Fvckers do a lot of damage.

I have been labeled as a Psychopath/Sociopath a few times, its a hard label to shift.

barry711

I'd agree, I'm sure it must be very hard to shift a label from yourself once you are deemed something, particularly if its a false label that has you branded for something you are not/did not do.

Mahatma coat

Confirmation bias will kick in.

if people are told that a particular member of management is a Psychopath then they will be more inclined to see psycopathy in the things that person does.

example, you dont particularly enjoy socialising with your Staff as they move in different social circles have very different tastes in music and discuss inane bulsh1t about vacuous celebrities you have never heard of.

however they see you as antisocial, thus confirming their bias.


if you try to explain your position you are seen as an eliteist snob who considers himself better than them.

theres no going back once labels are bandied about.

if you do get labeled the only thing to do is use it to your advantage

Gadfly Girl

I think there is omething in this for sure, based on my own life experience. I was labelled a certain way a a child and it came to be true. It's an interesting thought to look into in detail.

SuperInfinity

Mahatma coat wrote: »

theres no going back once labels are bandied about.

I don't know, some labels are completely forgotten if person proves otherwise or there is no backup to the label. I agree labels are dangerous though.

dannyc31

i reckon it depends. alot of things that are encouraged by parents on their children is because the child may have a general desposition towards that particular skill or talent. this is just the wiring of that particular brain and so re-enforcing that thru encouragement will hence encourage the child to get better mainly due to the fact that they would beleive that there primary carers i.e. their parents would encourage those things that would be benefit to them in their adult lives. sacrifice = reward and all that.

on the flip side, there is an agrument that there are people just born evil etc. imo i think the majority of people are born inherriently good mainly because we have evolved that it is better to collaborate with society rather than to be at war with it. i think with this, most people who are not mentally ill will be born with a certain moral compass aimed towards good and collaborating with others that would retract them from evil once they became old enough to be self aware of their actions.

cliona88

You should read about the standford prison experiment. It demonstrates the powerful effects of labelling

JoePdw

I can tell about my life experience. I've been labelled many things. I think it's an expression of what other might think of you based on your behaviour.
Now to answer the question, does it change you? I think it does. If it is made to undermine your self confidence, such as slaging a person with particular word, it would make a person very into himself.
If you label someone with something nice, like, being a doctor, then it brings people's pride out, makes them feel confident.
So i believe that labels can have a positive or a negative effect, based on the intention of a person saything the label.

countrynosebag

read about, and saw film of students performing their assigned roles and watched them 'become'
it was gripping, horrifying, prophetic and what i am afraid, is the truth of reality, too often

arsenal1991

People can knock your confidence and make you feel like your a certain way. Can they make your become it possible in certain circumstances.

countrynosebag

I have noted more and more that orphans are automatically assumed to be deranged and/or criminalization always PRONE to anti social behaviours and are shown to grow up to be a danger to the community.
I found it to be the other way. The community was a place I did not understand, I was deeply frightened and yes, alienated. I wanted to belong and was easily led.
In those days we were HIDDEN in big institutions in the country so that we did not associate with the public.
NOTE Also other institutions were hidden in the country. Jails, mental institutions and the mentally handicapped. Not very impressed with this HANDLING of something that was thought to be odd or abnormal. I see many orphans are placed in smaller units and in towns, go to school and the usual nowadays.
It reincarnated are no.longer IMPRISONED but it has swung too much the other way and some run wild. There should be much more care and supervision. Why are these children acting up? Do they feel the stigma as much as I do?
I did not end up.in prison or murdering people but was actually a very productive person and was a registered nurse plus got myself a degree in cultural studies for the pleasure of it. Now retired I spent some time with the ICA and the farmers' market before it got too much for me.
Most of my friends are deceased now and even when I had them I was lonely, that has and always will be the case. I never tell people of this orphan business as they immediately look at you differently, actually back off as if I had a disease. I have and it is the disease of people's' continued ignorance and rudeness towards people who are no different but have no family that I suffer from. Talk about adding insult to injury!