A report discovered that many people hold negative
viewpoints when looking at pictures of people with mental challenges. Participants in the report had to decide
whether people appeared affectionate or stupid.
These findings were documented in the journal PLoS ONE.
Participants in the report showed support for kids with
mental challenges. However, as a person’s
facial characters showed more of a mental challenge judgment grew. Pictures of the people with the mental
challenges were flashed before participants and they had to make their decision
quickly.
“Research into the social perception of
intellectually disabled persons has been largely one-sided, focusing predominantly
on thoughts and feelings, which may be distorted by social desirability
concerns. In the current research, we found evidence of subtle forms of
prejudice toward children with special needs at both the explicit and implicit
levels,” report authors wrote.
Personal assistants had a more positive
outlook on people with mental challenges in the report. This could mean that working with this
population is beneficial according to study authors. This report was completed in France and
included 55 participants.
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