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Rauschenbach, Cornelia; Goritz, Anja S.; Hertel, Guido – Educational Gerontology, 2012
In light of an aging workforce, age stereotypes have become an important topic both for researchers and for practitioners. Among other effects, age stereotypes might predict discriminatory behavior at work. This study examined stereotypic beliefs about emotional resilience as a function of both targets' and judges' age. In a web-based study, 4,181…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Age, Aging (Individuals), Social Discrimination
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Stuart-Hamilton, Ian; Nayak, Laxman; Priest, Lee – Educational Gerontology, 2006
In young adults, preparedness to accept improbable events as planned rather than due to chance is predictive of the level of belief in the paranormal, possibly underpinned by lower intelligence levels (Musch and Ehrenberg, 2002). The present study, using a sample of 73 older participants aged 60-84 years failed to find any relationship between…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Young Adults, Age Differences, Intelligence