8.1 Batch

Question 1

How does the content of stereotypes about aging differ across adulthood? (3)

Answer 1

1-Young/older adults hold similar stereotypes about aging
2-Older adults have a more complex and pos view of aging compared to young adults
3-stereotypes can be changed even by imagining pos interactions w/ a negatively perceived group

Question 2

How do young and older adults perceive the competency of the elderly?

Answer 2

There’s an age-based double standard - younger adults judge older adults’s memory failures more harshly than older adults do. Despite this, they rate older adults as being more responsible

Question 3

How do stereotypes about aging unconsciously guide our behavior? (2)

Answer 3

Through:
1-Automatic stereotype activation
2-Implicit stereotyping

Question 4

Automatic stereotype activation (Hint: Explain how it comes about & when)

Answer 4

Stereotypes about aging are learned & automatically/unconsciously activated when we encounter older adults

Question 5

What’s the Implication Association Test (IAT)
What does it assess?

Answer 5

1-Technique used to measure implicit aging stereotyping

2-The automatic associations between concepts like young/old, pleasant/unpleasant & response times