Younger (N=31) and older (N=21) men participated in a bogus convergent-thinking task in which they rated their effort expenditure after experiencing varying degrees of success. As predicted, results indicated younger, but not older men perceived they tried harder when they succeeded relative to when they failed. (Author)

A study of 119 undergraduates (22 business majors, 30 psychology, 37 nursing, 30 occupational therapy) found no significant differences in attitudes toward the elderly by major or age group (18-22 vs. 23 and over). Younger students were significantly more concerned about their personal aging than those over 22. (SK)

Undergraduate social work and criminal justice students completed 1 of 4 vignettes that were identical with the exception of the age and gender of the vignette's subject. In each vignette, the subject interacted with an opposite-sex 24-year-old waiter or waitress. Following each vignette, respondents answered 20 items relating to the age, gender,…

The AAAT was utilized to assess potential validity with respect to the original study by Kastenbaum and Durkee (1964). Support was found for the original conclusion that a majority of the subjects were unfavorably disposed to pastboundness of "Ted" by having perceived him as the eldest character. (Author)

Surveyed older and younger members of civic organizations in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to determine if older men were different from younger men in their use of channels of communication when making clothing purchasing decisions and in general shopping practices. Found two significant differences between the two groups of men, but the similarities…

Attempted cognitive training of Raven's Progressive Matrices using guided self-discovery, but without directly providing strategies. Thirty-six older and 36 younger adults were pretested, underwent training, and were posttested. Found no significant difference in improvement between younger and older adults. Failed to find evidence for successful…

Assessed adult age differences for cognitive reality monitoring as a function of whether the terminal position in a sentence was completed with an externally presented or internally generated word. Found older women (N=20) made slightly more attributions than younger women (N=20) even though the younger women accurately recognized a higher…

Examined the relationship between 52 children's attitudes toward older people and 52 older people's perception of children's attitudes toward them using the Attitude Perception Questionnaire. Older adults' perceptions of children's attitudes toward them were more negative than the children's actual attitudes. (JAC)

Attitudinal information was collected from two groups to compare the attitudes of older adults and younger adults toward educational media. Results indicated no basic differences in attitudes toward educational media between the two groups. (Author)

The performance of 53 younger adults (mean age 20.7) and 52 older adults (mean age 68.3) was compared in a memory task involving pictures, words, and pictures-plus-words. Results showed (1) significantly higher recall scores for younger adults; (2) equivalent picture superiority effect for both groups; and (3) decline in older adults' performance…

Lexical, syntactic, structural, and semantic analyses were performed on essays written by 100 younger and 100 older adults. Few lexical or syntactic differences appeared. Older adults were less able to use more complex structure and semantics. Educational level and working memory were probably responsible for the differences. (SK)

Using an updated version of the Aging Semantic Differential, 534 younger, middle age, and older participants from a college community rated female and male targets categorized as ages 21-34 and 75-85. Participants also provided views about their own aging. Repeated measures of analysis of variance examined attitudinal differences by age and gender…

This study investigated age preferences for 11 different service providers and the age at which workers in these occupational roles were considered to be "too old" by three age groups: young (18-24), middle-aged (35-55), and older adults (65+). Results indicate that in comparison to middle-aged and older adults, young adults continue to have…

A research questionnaire was distributed to assess how extensively aging is taught within the schools. It was more common in secondary schools. Respondents felt that it was a nontraditional topic, and that previous attempts to teach it were unsuccessful. The same percentage of respondents felt that the interest existed as did not. (LPG)

Explored connection between everyday activities of different aged adults (N=54) and their performance on prose recall task. Regression analyses showed that demographic variables of age, education, and verbal ability were best predictors of prose recall. Total time spent reading and other reading variables were also significantly correlated with…