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Ain't Misbehavin'
— the effects of age and intentionality on judgments about misconduct | | Author(s) | Joan T Erber, Lenore T Szuchman, Irene G Prager |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 16, no 1, March 2001 |
| Pages | pp 85-95 |
| Keywords | Behaviour ; Cognitive processes ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Attitudes to the old of general public. |
| Annotation | In 2 person perception experiments, young and older perceivers read a scenario about a young or old female who leaves a shop without paying for a hat. In Experiment 1, the woman claims she forgot she was wearing the hat when questioned by the manager. Perceivers thought that the manager would have greater sympathy, less anger, and would recommend less punishment if the woman was older. In Experiment 2, the woman clearly forgot to pay for the hat, clearly stole it, or had ambiguous intentions. In the ambiguous condition, perceivers attributed a younger person's behaviour more to stealing, whereas an older person's behaviour was more to forgetting. In the forget condition, young perceivers had equal sympathy for both young and old and held them similarly responsible, but older perceivers had greater sympathy for the forgetful older woman and found her less responsible than the forgetful younger woman. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020111207 A |
| Classmark | DM: DA: DB: TOB |
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