Do negative stereotypes about aging have any impact on older adults' memory performance?
What will be an ideal response?
There is a stereotype that aging negatively affects memory. When confronted, or threatened, by this stereotype, older adults do not perform as well on memory tests. It appears that negative or threatening stereotypes suppress older adults' controlled or conscious use of memory, and they are more likely to use an automatic response instead.
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One might argue that the so-called mid-life crisis derives from
a. increased life expectancy. b. declines in parental authority. c. changing attributes toward elderly. d. change in economic status of children.
The economic situation among America's elderly has improved since 1960
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
For Sartre and existentialists in general, actors _____. Select all, but only those that apply.
a. have the capacity to go beyond the present and move toward the future. b. are free c. are responsible for everything they do d. are determined by social laws and larger social structures
The incest taboo is an example of
A. heterogamy. B. endogamy. C. exogamy. D. homogamy.