Question 1

Stereotypes about older adults are

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Stereotypes about older adults can be both positive (e.g. wise, experienced) and negative (e.g. forgetful, dependent). However, individual differences in personality, behavior, and experiences also play a significant role in shaping impressions of older persons.

Question 2

Using the Young-Old Implicit Attitudes test, researchers discovered that

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The Young-Old Implicit Attitudes Test reveals implicit biases that individuals may hold towards different age groups. The finding that all subjects, regardless of age, were faster to respond to young-pleasant and old-unpleasant trials indicates a societal bias favoring youth and associating negative attributes with older age. This pattern suggests an implicit preference for youth over old age across different age groups.

Question 3

The results of Bargh and colleagues and Hummert and colleagues reveal that

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The results of both studies suggest that negative stereotypes can be activated automatically and unconsciously, even in individuals who do not endorse those stereotypes consciously. This demonstrates the potential for implicit biases to influence behavior and perception.

Question 4

Viewing older people's forgetting of where they parked their cars at the mall as more serious than younger people's forgetting of where they parked their cars reflects a(n)

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The scenario describes a situation where older people's forgetting of where they parked is viewed as more serious than younger people's forgetfulness. This reflects an age-based double standard, where different standards are applied to people based solely on their age.

Question 5

The activation of an automatic, unconscious stereotype is known as

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The activation of an automatic, unconscious stereotype is specifically referred to as implicit stereotyping. The other options are somewhat related but do not directly describe this phenomenon.

Question 6

When presented with examples of older and younger adults who are forgetful or not forgetful, both younger and older adults

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The answer of When presented with examples of older and...

Question 7

One way in which implicit stereotypes are often observed is in how

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Implicit stereotypes are often observed in how people communicate with each other. This is because implicit stereotypes can influence the way that people interpret and respond to each other's behavior. For example, if someone has an implicit stereotype that women are less competent than men, they may be more likely to interrupt a woman when she is speaking or to dismiss her ideas.

Question 8

Older adults produce _______ age stereotypes than younger adults.

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Research has shown that older adults actually produce fewer age stereotypes than younger adults. This may be due to older adults having more life experience and a better understanding of the uniqueness of each individual, rather than relying on broad stereotypes.

Question 9

Bargh and colleagues have found that subliminal messages about older persons made young adults walk down a hall slower.This is evidence for

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The fact that the subliminal messages affected the young adults' behavior suggests that they had implicit stereotypes about older persons, which were activated without their conscious awareness. This is an example of implicit stereotyping.

Question 10

Alice has misplaced her keys (which rarely happens), but her grandchildren are worried that something might be wrong with her, even though her granddaughter has done the same thing three times this week.The above is an example of

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This scenario illustrates an age-based double standard, where the same behavior (misplacing keys) is judged differently based on the age of the person exhibiting it. Alice's grandchildren are more concerned about her misplacing keys due to her age, while they overlook the same behavior in the granddaughter.

Question 11

When Tina talks to her mother ,she talks slowly while exaggerating the intonation of her voice.This is an example of

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This is an example of patronizing speech, where someone speaks in a condescending manner, often characterized by slow speech and exaggerated intonation, typically used when talking to elderly individuals.

Question 12

Socially shared beliefs about characteristics and behaviors of a particular social group are called

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Socially shared beliefs about characteristics and behaviors of a particular social group are called stereotypes. Assumptions refer to beliefs without sufficient evidence or proof, biases refer to preconceived opinions that influence judgment, and evaluative adjectives are words used to describe the qualities or characteristics of a person, place or thing.

Question 13

When older adults' forgetfulness is rated as more serious than memory failures of younger adults, this is known as

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This is known as an age-based double standard, which is the tendency to hold older adults to a different standard of behavior, cognitive ability, or productivity than younger adults. In this case, forgetfulness is seen as more serious when exhibited by older adults, even though memory failures can happen at any age.

Question 14

Stereotypes help us understand why people behave as they do, and they can help guide our behavior.However, they

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While stereotypes can be helpful in understanding and predicting behavior, they can also be applied in ways that underestimate individuals and limit their potential. Stereotypes are not always negative and can vary in their accuracy. They can also be changed through education and exposure to diverse perspectives. The statement about overestimating the abilities of older persons is a stereotype in itself and is not necessarily true for all situations.

Question 15

Social psychologists suggest that the reason stereotypes are automatically activated is that they become ___________ and are thus spontaneously activated when we encounter a member or members of a stereotyped group.

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When a stereotype is overlearned, it means that it has been ingrained in our minds through repeated exposure and reinforcement, making it easier and faster for our brains to automatically activate the stereotype when encountering a member of the stereotyped group.

Question 16

No area is more susceptible to negative stereotyped attributions of aging than

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Memory competence is often the area most susceptible to negative stereotyped attributions of aging, as older adults are frequently assumed to have declining memory abilities, regardless of their actual cognitive function.

Question 17

Images of older adults as slow, forgetful, and easily confused are based on

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The images of older adults as slow, forgetful, and easily confused are based on negative stereotypes, which are oversimplified and inaccurate beliefs about a group of people. These stereotypes can lead to prejudice and discrimination against older adults.

Question 18

Hummert and colleagues found that, when primed with the subliminal message "old," adults responded faster to the word "ugly," and when primed with the subliminal message "young," adults responded faster to the word "pretty." This is evidence for

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This study demonstrates implicit stereotyping, as it shows how subliminal messages can activate unconscious associations between age-related concepts and evaluative judgments, like associating "old" with "ugly" and "young" with "pretty."

Question 19

Which research technique overcomes the challenges associated with implicit aging stereotyping?

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The Young-Old Implicit Attitudes test is designed to measure implicit biases and attitudes, including those related to aging, by assessing automatic associations that people may not be consciously aware of.

Question 20

John Bargh and colleagues' study of implicit stereotyping (1996) found that subliminally priming young people with the image of an elderly person caused them to

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Bargh and colleagues found that subliminally priming young people with the image of an elderly person caused them to walk down the hall more slowly after the experiment. This suggests that implicit stereotypes can influence behavior without conscious awareness.

Quiz 8: Social Cognition