Social Perceptions of Failures in Memory Monitoring

Can repetitious verbal behavior elicit negative stereotypes about age, memory, and competence? Young adults ( n = 102, M age = 19.3 years) and community-dwelling older adults ( n = 98, M age = 67.3 years) read a script containing a hypothetical conversation between 2 female targets. In the experimen...

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Published in:Psychology and aging 2001-06, Vol.16 (2), p.357-361
Main Authors: Bieman-Copland, Sherrie, Ryan, Ellen Bouchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult. Elderly
Age Differences
Age Factors
Aged
Aging
Biological and medical sciences
Competence
Conversation
Developmental psychology
Failure
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Male
Memory
Memory Disorders
Monitoring
Perceptions
Prejudice
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recall
Social Perception
Stereotyped Behavior
Stereotypes
Verbal Behavior
Verbal Communication
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Summary:Can repetitious verbal behavior elicit negative stereotypes about age, memory, and competence? Young adults ( n = 102, M age = 19.3 years) and community-dwelling older adults ( n = 98, M age = 67.3 years) read a script containing a hypothetical conversation between 2 female targets. In the experimental condition, 1 of the targets repeated several statements during the conversation. Significant Target × Condition interactions were obtained on measures of perceived age, competence, and memory ability. The results demonstrate that conversational behavior may contribute to negative age-related perceptions in the same way as other external markers of age (e.g., vocal and facial features).
ISSN:0882-7974
1939-1498
DOI:10.1037/0882-7974.16.2.357