Human Growth and Development / Unit 16 HGD 2255 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Stereotypes Versus Evidence
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The idea
Stereotypes of older adults are mostly negative, cognitively impaired, grumpy, depressed, isolated and frail, and research contradicts many of them.
In practice
A cheerful eighty-year-old whose life fits none of the greeting-card jokes about age.
Where people slip
The misconception is that most older people are lonely, grumpy and depressed; positive affect rises with age.
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