Publisher Summary This chapter provides an understanding of the nature of attitudes about
aging and the mechanisms through which they influence the behavior of older adults …

There is mounting evidence to suggest that older adults constitute a stigmatized group in the
United States (and in most Western societies). Indeed, youth is of such value in US culture …

Stereotype threat occurs when people fear that poor performance on their part will confirm a
negative, self-relevant stereotype. In response to this threat, people tend to underperform …

Objectives: Memory complaints are present in adults of all ages but are only weakly related
to objective memory deficits, raising the question of what their presence may indicate. In …

Cet article explore le développement, depuis les années 1970, d'un cadre commun pour
penser l'âgisme, le sexisme et le racisme. Il défend l'idée que les emprunts aux travaux sur …

To examine the role that age plays when adults make judgments concerning wise and
creative behaviours of others, a person-perception paradigm was employed (eg, Erber …

The social consequences of appealing to age to excuse memory failure were examined in 2
vignette-based studies. In Study 1, 75 older (M= 72 years) and 78 young (M= 22 years) …

In 2 person perception experiments, young and older perceivers read a scenario about a
young or old female target who leaves a store without paying for a hat. In Experiment 1, the …

The purpose of this study was to give beginning insights into how aging is experienced by
women living alone in Switzerland. A feminist methodology was used to gather and interpret …

Ninety young and 73 older perceivers read an interview script with a forgetful young target or
a forgetful old target. Then perceivers rated their opinion of the target's memory and also the …