According to the article Over the Hill about the Betula study of adult cognition, in a research project where young and old people were given a list of terms associated with negative stereotypes of the elderly:
(a) young people became more biased against old people
(b) young and old people both rated older people as less competent
(c) older people scored lower on cognitive tests that followed
(d) younger people were more likely to help older people on a subsequent task
C
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