Young Children's Attitudes and Perceptions of Older Adults
| Autor: | Judith Lee Burke |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Gerontology Aging media_common.quotation_subject Psychology Child Developmental psychology Discrimination Psychological Social Desirability Social cognition Perception Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Family Child Aged media_common Stereotyping Social perception Grandparent Middle Aged Age discrimination Attitude Social Perception Child Preschool Attitude change Cues Geriatrics and Gerontology Older people Prejudice Psychology |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 14:205-222 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3535 0091-4150 |
| DOI: | 10.2190/4j7n-rg79-hjqr-fldn |
| Popis: | Children ages four to seven judged relative ages of unfamiliar adults from photographs and chose photographs of adults in response to sociometric items. Age discrimination was highly accurate by age six. Children identified older adults as sad, lonely and not busy, but older adults were bypassed on items like “knows a lot” and preferences for teachers. In interviews, most of the children accurately identified older people by relying on physiognomic cues. Most described their grandparents as examples of known older people and expressed positive views of the activities they share. Images of passivity, and of older people engaged in domestic, but not “outside” work were also present. Children's attitudes were found to parallel those held by older adults in recent polls; older children in the sample were more likely to hold stereotypical images. Two-thirds of the children preferred not to grow old. Contact of children with older adults other than their grandparents was limited, especially in work settings or schools. It was concluded that deliberate programming in preschools and elementary schools is important to offset early ageist attitude formation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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