8.3 Batch

Question 1

Because older adults generally are more reflective about situations and making judgments, when considering someone’s behavior what do they tend to avoid ?

Answer 1

correspondence bias

Question 2

Resilience theory (Hint: What does it suggest that older adults may do)

Answer 2

Suggests that older adults may reject neg stereotypes and strive to maintain pos self-perceptions when confronting/rejecting them

Question 3

Correspondence bias (Hint: What are you relying on?)

Answer 3

Relying on dispositional information and ignoring situational information

Question 4

Are there age differences in accessibility of social information?

Answer 4

Yes. Older adults tend to rely on easily accessible social knowledge structures, such as their initial impressions of individuals.

Question 5

Which of the following would be the highest priority for an older person?

Answer 5

reconciling with a friend