One obvious question is whether controllability attributions vary with the kind of signaling event. Research has shown that each of the signaling events in Figure 1—labels, symptom-related behaviors, and physical appearance—lead to stigmatizing beliefs by citizens. However, research has not, for the most part, investigated how these various signals lead to controllability attributions. Nor has research examined whether attributions vary across signaling events. In other words, do attributions about the stimulus figure vary when the same signaling event is alternately described in terms of label,symptoms, or physical appearance? Moreover, resear chneeds to examine gradations within each kind of eliciting event. For example, we would not expect citizens to respond to all labels similarly. Research has shown that the label “psychotic patient” is viewed more negatively by citizens than “mentally ill patient” or “schizophrenia patient” . Given the salience of dangerousness in perceptions about mental illness, we would also expect that the association of a specific signaling event with prospective violence would affect cognitive mediation and the resulting emotions and behaviors.