Chpt 1

Question 0

Ageism

Answer 0

Stereotyping of older persons that is usually negative but sometimes positive

Question 1

Attitudes and beliefs

Answer 1

Are cognition a that are about something. Something that is discrete, categorical, temporal, hypothetical. Constructed into personal construct systems. These systems determine peoples outlooks on their personal and professional life.

Question 2

Robert butlers insights

Answer 2

“Medicine and the behavioural sciences have mirrored social attitudes by presenting old age as a grim litany of physical and emotional ills”

Pacification.

Question 3

Pacification

Answer 3

The overuse of medication as a substitute for humane Attention through diagnosis and careful treatment.

Question 4

Attitude

Answer 4

Represents a fleeting or enduring tendency to positively or negatively evaluate an object

Question 5

Belief

Answer 5

Is a statement that person thinks is true

Question 6

Difference between belief and attitude

Answer 6

Attitude involves an evaluation where as a belief is a statement