PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Longitudinal Study, Stereotype Threat, Mortality Salience
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Week 11 lecture #9: thursday march 24, 2016. Bias against person of a certain age. Necessarily for older ppl, could be about teenagers: evidence for ageism, origin of ageism, ageist self-stereotypes. St about an og when one day it will become an ig: sexism. Bias against ppl based on their sex/gender. We think of it usually as bias against women, but could be about men also: origin of sexism, effects of sexism, ambivalent and hostile sexism. Will discover that women mb sexist against women. Ageism: definition: stereotypes, prejudice, & discrimination based on age. Old men should stick to hitting on old women (old biker hitting on 2 young women in the car) ad. Would be problematic if it said black men should stick to hitting on black women. Ageism is the last to be seen as prejudice. Facets of ageism: although largely applied to older adults, can also apply to the young juvenile ageism.
