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Fillmer, H. Thompson – 1983
Children today do not have sufficient association with the elderly to form accurate impressions of them. Much children's information is provided through television and books which present stereotyped images of the elderly as inactive, lonely, nonproductive, crabby, and physically decrepit. To determine whether intermediate grade students respond…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Age Groups, Childhood Attitudes, Intermediate Grades
