PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Terror Management Theory, Ageism, Baby Talk
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Which is an interesting one because it"s an out-group now but will (hopefully) one day be our in-group. Takes the form of: patronizing language (overaccomodation, baby talk, talking overly loudly in case they have poor hearing, patronizing behaviour (infantialization, condescending treatment, assumption of physical and mental deterioration) Gurtman et al: results showed in-group favoritism rather than out-group derogation, and the results may not generalize to social eval"s, i. e. more +ve thoughts about young than old. Origins of ageism: societal age grading, dominance of youth culture, media, fear of death (and they remind us of this eventuality) Terror management theory (we want to avoid thoughts of death) Ageist self-stereotypes: will we internalize the societal beliefs about older ppl for when we get older, these stereotypes are so ubiquitous and may operate below awareness. Because it happens to everyone to forget things. 1859: married women were granted the right to own property. 1875: first university degree granted to a woman.
