PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Ageism, Baby Boomers, Homelessness
Document Summary
Ageism stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination based on age. Why ageism: baby boomers are getting older, relative lack of attention by researchers, unique set of factors, we will all (hopefully) become part of this ingroup. Effects of pseudopositive attitudes: patronizing language, 2 types of negative communication. Don"t take their opinions seriously: seniors don"t like being treated like they need our help. It brings down their self-esteem: effects of psuedopositive attitudes on older people, accepting the inferior role leads to 3 consequences. Status of older people is diminished due to decreased responsibility and increased dependency. Society may feel justified to use psychoactive meds, institutionalize or declare legal incompetency of older people. It can also effect they way they look at other older people: aging effects the self in three ways. One developes a stable self-concept: we tend to monitor ourselves less and become a mmore stable coherent self.
