PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Women Grow, Vaginal Lubrication, Sandwich Generation

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Noreen Stuckless

Document Summary

Believed that middle age starts at around 40 years old and old age starts around 60- 65; research scarce for older women; average lifespan for woman in na is around 80 years: attitudes towards older women. Ageism- a biased based on age; mainly on elderly people; examples include negative stereotypes/ myths/ emotions/ attitudes/ discrimination (like when people say elderly people can"t do certain things or that you need to speak slow for them) Older women and the media (how media treated older women): usually older women are missing from tv and ads; if are on tv then the women are shown as being concerned about cooking or small complaints. 1: in some cultures a women"s power increases the older she gets (in nigeria/ Kenya: china= positive attitudes towards elderly people and they showed minimal memory decline shows that the way society portrays you can affect you cognitively, older women, retirement, and financial problems.