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aging harwood fc
aging, Harwood chapters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a sterotype and an example? | it is a cognitive representation of a group. usually the application of a trait to an individual based on their inclusion in a specific group. |
| What is an attitude | it is an overall emotional response to a person or a group of people. this really means that individuals, who have positive or negative attitudes towards a group will generally feel that way about all people in that group. |
| what is ageism? | a negative attitude about aging |
| when do people form more permanent negative attitudes that become fairly well entrenched for life? | middle childhood and adolescence |
| what is social identity theory? | this is the theory that if you identify with one group, when confronted with or if the membership becomes threatened by, you start to feel negative feelings about other groups. |
| what are some of the reasons that old people can be ageists? | because they might be facing their own mortality? |
| what are some myths about aging (p7/9) | 1. to be old is to be sick 2. you cant teach an old dog new tricks 3. you cant change bad habits once you are old 4. there is a general decline in function, especially in sexual activity 5. the elderly don't pull their own weight |
| where are the elderly in the warmth and competency scale? | with the disabled and retarded. |
| what are 4 negative sterotypes held by young, middle-aged and older adults? | 1. severely impaird (slow-thinking, feeble, senile) 2. despondent (depressed, sad, neglected) 3. Curmudgeon (bitter, prejudiced, demanding) 4. recluse (quite, timid) |
| what are 3 positive sterotypes held by young, middle-aged, and older adults | 1. golden ager (lively, sociable, witty, sexual) 2. perfect grandparent (kind, loving, wise, intelligent) 3. John wayne conservative (patriotic, religious, proud, retired) |
| what are 4 triggers that sterotype older people in a negative way | 1. past contact with older people has been negative. 2. older person has many signs of old age 3. context is age-sensitive (nursing home) 4. older person is relatively old (80+) |
| what are 4 triggers that sterotype people in a positive way? | 1. past contact with older people has been postive. 2. older person has fewer signs of aging. 3. context isn't age-sensitive (story or theater) 4. older person is relatively young. |
| what are the 3 ways older people can cope with being in the out group? | 1. social mobility (hanging out with or associating with younger people) 2. social creativity (emphasizing the positive aspects of being older) 3. social competition (challanging the status of the group and trying to get a better view socitally) |
| what are some unintended consequences of sterotyping? | even if an elderly person is considered wise there may be problems, what if they want to goof off. |
| what is overaccommodation? | this is when young people may "go to far" in accommodating someone's communication needs. |
| what is an example of overaccommodation? | using baby talk or talking loudly, elderspeak |
| what are some common elements of patronizing speech? (6) | 1. simplified grammer and vocabulary. 2. endearing terms, sweetie or dear 3. increased volume, slower rate 4. high and variable pitch, squeaky voice "sing songy" 5. use of repetition 6. use of babyish terms |
| what are age cues? | when young people recognize that someone belongs in an "older" group because of their mobility or skin and such |
| how does blame the victim work? | someone overhears a old person being patronized, they then assume the elderly is cognitively not with it and treats them like so, eventually the old person believes it too |
| what elements of patronizing speech are helpful? | elaborating on meaning, placing stress on keywords, reducing grammatical complexity |
| what elements of patronizing speech are not helpful? | high pitch, reducing sentence length |
| what does it mean when "the negative feedback cycle of the CPA model is short-circuited"? | when a positive sterotype is interjected into a negative feedback cycle, it tends to disrupt it and change the interaction. |
| what happens when elderly act as if they need help, what do the young do? | they encourage that dependance. |
| what happens when elderly act as if they are independent? what do young people do? | they discourage that independence and do not support it. |
| what is under-accommodation? | this is when someone doesn't go far enough in considering a conversational partner's needs. |
| what is the most common form of under-accommodation talked about in inter-generational communication? | Painful self-disclosure by older people |
| Why is PSD (painful self-disclosure) a form of underaccommodation? | because it causes the communication partner to withdraw because the elderly person is violating the social norms |
| what are 5 reasons for PSD? | therapeutic life circumstances self-handicapping self-stereotyping social comparison |
| why would someone disclose their age when they are elderly? | face protecting; problems I am having are explained by my age and do not reflect on me as a person. face enhancement: she is 86 and quite active or beating the odds |
| what is a very likely the longest relationship to happen over the years? | sibling relationships tend to last the longest |
| what relationship do grandchildren tend to be closer to? | maternal grandparest, specifically grandmothers |
| what is likely to be the strongest grandparent relationship? | when they live nearby, not too young or too old, healthy, mother's mother and has a good relationship with your parents. |
| what features will help with solidarity in the relationship? | accommodating the other person (complimenting them) providing positive self-disclosure providing social support |
| 4 behaviors that grandparents describe their relationships with their grandchildren in a postive way? | 1. talk about affiliation and the expression of love. 2. express consideralbe pride 3. descriptions of exchanges are common 4. distance, closer grandparents are happier |
| what is decategorization? | when people relate to one another as individuals, rather than group members |
| what is recategorization? | when the individual is recategorized into a group where both parties are members |
| what is a passive response when confronted with patronizing comment? | it is a nonconfrontational respons that avoids dealing with the patronizing behavior either by going along with the comment or refusing to address it. |
| what is an aggressive/confrontational response? to a patronizing comment | a direct attach on the patronizer and are generally not hedged with politeness or positive non verbal behaviors |
| what is a assertive response to a patronizing comment | it directly challenges the implication that the older person is incompetent while maintaining politeness |
| what is a humorous response to a patronizing comment? | humor offers them an oppotunity for them to reject the patronizing remark while keeping the tone "light" |
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