The Social Pain of Exclusion¶
Specification¶
The full specification below is extracted from Chapter 5: Stigma, Bias, and Brain Health.
Type: microsim
**sim-id:** social-pain-of-exclusion<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified
Bloom Taxonomy: Analyze (L4)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: examine, distinguish, differentiate
Learning objective: Students analyze a short scenario log of repeated exclusion and distinguish its cumulative mental health effects from a single isolated incident.
Layout: Two side-by-side scenario logs — "Single Incident" (one entry) and "Repeated Exclusion" (four weekly entries showing the same student left out of the same group again and again). Below each log, a simplified "Sense of Belonging" gauge (0-100).
Interactive controls: Student clicks "Play" on each log; the gauge updates step by step as each log entry is revealed, with a caption naming the likely emotional effect at each step; a "Compare Results" button places both final gauge readings side by side with a short explanation of why repetition matters.
Default parameters: Single Incident log starts and ends near a modest dip (85 to 75); Repeated Exclusion log shows a steeper cumulative decline (85 to 40) across four entries.
Instructional Rationale: Distinguishing a one-time event from a cumulative pattern requires examining information across time and comparing outcomes, which is Analyze-level; a step-through comparison is used instead of a single static scenario.
Implementation notes: p5.js. Scenario and gauge data stored as arrays; responsive layout for window resize. No scenario content depicts violence — only social exclusion and its emotional effects.