Fostering Insight into Personal Conceptions of the Elderly: A Simulation Exercise.

Wight, Randall D.

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ERIC Number: EJ409432

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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Fostering Insight into Personal Conceptions of the Elderly: A Simulation Exercise.

Wight, Randall D.

Teaching of Psychology, v16 n4 p216-18 Dec 1989

Describes a class in human development where students took on roles of the elderly by simulating physical constraints and aging. Depicts their reactions to the conditions and behaviors of the elderly. Allows students to examine their personal conceptions of the elderly. Finds study fostered empathy with senior adults. (Author/NL)

Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Attitude Change, Attitudes, Change Strategies, Educational Research, Higher Education, Older Adults, Simulation, Stereotypes, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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