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Seeing eye-to-eye
— do intergroup biases operate similarly for younger and older adults? | | Author(s) | Alison L Chasteen |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 61, no 2, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 123-140 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Young adults [20-25] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Attitude ; Comparison ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Because of their relatively temporary group memberships, age groups represent an intriguing test of theories of intergroup relations, but in spite of which there has been almost no research. The present Canadian study investigated the role of two intergroup factors: degree of group identification, and threats to group status in younger and older people's evaluations of their ingroup (own age group) and the outgroup (other age group). Participants (86 young adults, 83 older people) were placed in situations in which their ingroup was either superior or inferior to the outgroup. Several measures of bias were then assessed, including ingroup favouritism, perceived similarity, social distance, outgroup homogeneity, and self-stereotyping. The results support the notion that age groups are unique from other groups, as age influenced all forms of bias. In particular, young adults exhibited more biases than older people by perceiving less similarity and distracting themselves more from the outgroup. These findings suggest that older people's greater familiarity with the outgroup might attenuate their age-based biases compared with younger participants. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050916207 A |
| Classmark | SD6: BB: DP: 48: 7S |
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