Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture 3: Health Science 2711 – Lecture 3
9 Feb 2018
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Health science 2711 lecture 2: aging in society. Senior citizen: mature adult, retired person, older adult. Beliefs are ideas about what is true: based on systematic knowledge, assumed to be true (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause that"s (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) told. Our cultural beliefs can turn out to be inaccurate or misleading. Beliefs can be used to make inferences and draw conclusions that may or may not be true. Adults under 65 believed that the following were problems for most people over the age of 65. Stereotypes are composites of beliefs that we attribute to categories of people. Categorize people to reflect the value hierarchies within culture. Patriotism politicians focus time on older adults: wise, generous. Poor drivers: dependent on family, old fashioned. Negative attitudes toward older adults based on belief that aging makes people: unattractive, unintelligent, asexual, unemployable, mentally incompetent. Treating people in an unjustly negative manner because of their chronological age (or appearance of age) and for no other reason.
