HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ageism, Baby Talk, Middle Age
31 May 2016
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A specialized speech register resembling baby talk in addressing older adults (ie. sweetie, dearie . Stereotyping drives elder speak and makes the speaker assume the older person has low mental capacity. Negative affect on the older person (low self-esteem), reduces a person"s ability to communicate effectively, decreases quality of interaction and reduces older persons sense of control. Ageism comes about because the young and the middle-aged feel distaste for aging. They both see it as a time of weakness, sickness and dying. {palmore} considers aging to be one of the great isms of our day (along with racism and sexism) People learn to be prejudiced against the old- negative views come from the media. Aged by culture: margret gullete (age study scholar) Age ideology: dominant sets of beliefs and attitudes influence how people think about and understand the process of aging. People are socialized to think about age in specific ways (i. e. progress and decline narrative)
