The study investigates the impact of the 'handicap' label on evaluations in a conservative Indian community, suggesting social implications.
The present study investigated the connotation of the label "handicap" in a conservative Asian Indian community.Specifically, the research examined how using or not using such a label affected Indian students' evaluations of another's apparently successful or unsuccessful task performance.The results of the study supported a patronization pattern of effects in which students tended to both blame the handicapped individual less when he failed but also praise him slightly less when he succeeded than the non-handicapped individual.The implications of these results were discussed.
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