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Week 7: Stereotypes and Barriers Flashcards

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How do stereotypes exist?

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Explicit attitudes
Implicit priming

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Explicit attitudes

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Previously learned information
What people consciously endorse or believe
Direct and deliberate
Can be acknowledged

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Example of explicit attitudes

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I have to retire when I am 65 because that’s when i’m old

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Implicit priming

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Associations outside of the conscious awareness
Unconscious and effortless
Indirect and automatic
Involuntarily active

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Implicit priming example

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Older adult in LTC waving off help from a family member when they are trying to get up

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Dimensions of stereotypes

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  1. Paternalistic prejudice
  2. Admiration
  3. Contemptous prejudice
  4. Envious prejudice
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Paternalistic prejudice

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Low status
Not competitive
Pity, sympathy
Low competence, high warmth

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Examples of paternalistic prejudice

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Elderly people
Disabled people
Housewives

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Admiration

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High status
Not competitive
High Competence
High warmth

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Examples of admiration

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In-group
Close allies

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Contemptous prejudice

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Low status
Competitive
Disgust, Anger, Resentment
Low competence
Low warmth

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Examples of contemptous prejudice

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Welfare recipients, poor people

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Envious prejudice

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High status
Competitive envy
Jealousy
High competence
Low warmth

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Examples of envious prejudice

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Asian jews
Rich people
Feminists

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Stone and Baker (2017)

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Self-efficacy and biomechanics related to stair navigation in older adults
Primed older adults can navigate stairs with more confidence, quickness and efficiency

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Barber (2020)

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Stereotype threat can impair older adults’ physical performance
Dependent on task’s objective difficulty and participants’ subjective evaluations of their own resources

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“Defeat aging”

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Grey hair on women
Aging products

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Media representations

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96% positive portrayal for individuals 50 under years old
only 72% positive portrayal for individuals 50+ years old
Only 15% of images in news are individuals over 50 years old

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Disney roles for older adults

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39% of older adults had a major role
80% male
Many portrayed as negative or villainous

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What is ageism?

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How we think (stereotypes), feel (prejudice) and act (discrimination) towards others or ourselves based on age

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Everyday ageism

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Occurs in day-to-day lives through interpersonal interactions and exposure to ageist beliefs, assumptions, and stereotypes

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Stats regarding everyday ageism

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82% experience one or more forms of everyday ageism
65% exposure to ageist messages
45% ageism in interpersonal interactions
36% internalized ageism

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Three main determinants of ageism

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  1. Cognitive (stereotypes)
  2. Emotional (prejudice)
  3. Behavioural (discrimination)
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How many people worldwide are ageist against older people?

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What does ageism affect?
Organizations Institutions Relationships Ourselves
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What does ageism exacerbate?
Other forms of disadvantage such as those related to sex, race and disability
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How does ageism shorten older adult's lives?
- Poor physical health - Delay in injury or illness recovery - Decreased mental health - Increased social isolation and loneliness - Lower quality of life
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How does ageism affect everyone?
Costs society billions of dollars Causes conflicts btwn generations Causes loss of productivity in the workplace Causes elder abuse
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Programs to prevent ageism
Not many programs that aim to prevent ageism, more aim to improve ageism We create programs for the issue itself, need to target source
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Categories of everyday ageism
1. Exposure to ageist messages 2. Ageism in interpersonal interactions 3. Internalized ageism
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Exposure to ageist messages
In media (ex. Disney villains being older) The way that buildings are set up
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Ageism in interpersonal interactions
Interactions with family and friends
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Internalized ageism
Personal beliefs about aging and older people
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How is it all related?
Experiences of ageism are directly related to knowledge about healthy aging and affect attitudes of aging
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How can we combat ageism?
1. Policy and law 2. Education 3. Intergeneration
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Policy and law
Equitable access to services Adresses discrimination and inequality
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Education
Educating individuals of all ages about aging and ageism
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Intergeneration
Interventions to develop mutual understanding and cooperation of diff generations
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Combatting ageism with research
- Investing resources in formative, monitoring and evaluation research - Campaigns to foster a learning environment - Research findings responded to in timely manner - Include research throughout entire campaign - Know when to measure, what to measure and how best to measure
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Combatting ageism with community work
1. Engage 2. Involve 3. Include
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Engage
Incorporate voices of community
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Involve
Involve a range of government structures
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Include
Include representatives from affected communities in workshops, marketing and feedback
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Controlled barriers to aging
- Nutrition and lifestyle habits - Mindset/outlook - People we spend time with - Alterable environment
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Non controlled barriers to aging
- Genetics - Upbringing/family history - Past choices - Fixed environment
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Most important barriers to healthy aging
1. Multi-morbidity 2. Low income 3. Tobacco and alcohol use
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Social comparison theory
Process through which people come to know themselves by evaluating their own attitudes, abilities and beliefs in comparison with others relates to self-evaluations and self-enhancement
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Upward comparison
Comparing to someone who is better off than you ex. older person comparing themself to younger person who is successfully aging
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Downwards comparison
Comparing to someone who is worse off than you ex. older person comparing to an even older frail person
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Women comparing
Women w poor health are more likely to make upward comparison
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Males comparing
Downwards comparison, especially physical health
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Types of barriers
Physical Social Cognitive Mental Environmental
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Physical barriers
- Age - Advanced age - Gender - Co-morbidities - Addiction - Medical events
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Social barriers
- Illness and disability - Loss of contact w friends/relatives - Lack of supportive community - Lack of acceptable social opportunities - Less access to quality relationships - Physical and cognitive limitations - Personal responsibilities - Transportation
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Social barrier example
Aging and driving Doesn't mean that everyone over age 65 shouldn't drive
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Spiritual factors
Can be facilitators or barriers to aging - Nature and meaning of one's life - Balancing what can and cannot be changed - Religious beliefs - Formal religion
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Environmental barriers
- Low income* - Accessibility - Education - Safety - Transportation and mobility* - Services* and programs available - Assisted living/ Housing *
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Low income barriers for older adults
- Participating in activities and programs for healthy aging - Initiating and maintaining a behaviour - More likely to develop disease - Declines in mental health - declines in physical and cognitive function - Food insecurity
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Poverty and unattached older adults
Poverty and low income are more common in unattached older adults (widows, lacking spouse)

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