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Ageism: Negative and Positive 2nd Edition
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Palmore as discussed by the authors provides a comprehensive review of many different forms of ageism -including the interesting notion of positive ageism, which projects onto the elderly as a group traditional virtues like wisdom and thrift.Abstract:
In this updated edition, Palmore provides a comprehensive review of many different forms of ageism - including the interesting notion of positive ageism, which projects onto the elderly as a group traditional virtues like wisdom and thrift. He discusses both the individual and social influences on attitudes toward the aged; analyzes institutional patterns of ageism; and explores ways to used to reduce the impact of ageism on the elderly. This book is a valuable resource and text for students and professionals interested in the sociology of aging in our society. Erdman Palmore has studied prejudice and discrimination toward older people in various ways throughout his distinguished career. Since publication of his ground breaking first edition, 10 years ago, there has been a growing interest and acceleration of research on the topic of ageism. In nontechnical language, Palmore provides a comprehensive review of the many different forms of ageism, including positive ageism, discusses the individual and social influences on ageism, analyzes institutional patterns, and explores methods that could be used to reduce ageism. This book is a valuable resource and text for students and professionals interested in the problems and opportunities of aging in our society. Useful educational tools include: A revised Appendix of the Facts on Aging Quizzes, as well as a totally new Appendix of Abstracts of recent publications on ageism.read more
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Mind matters: cognitive and physical effects of aging self-stereotypes.
TL;DR: A wide range of research is drawn upon to describe the process by which aging stereotypes are internalized in younger individuals and then become self-stereotypes when individuals reach old age.
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Ageism: Prejudice Against Our Feared Future Self
TL;DR: This article highlighted the current empirical and theoretical work by researchers in gerontology, psychology, communication, and related fields on understanding the origins and consequences of stereotyping and prejudicing against older adults.
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An Inconvenienced Youth? Ageism and its Potential Intergenerational Roots
Michael S. North,Susan T. Fiske +1 more
TL;DR: A crucial gap in the literature, potential intergenerational tensions, is identified, speculating how a growing-older population-and society's efforts to accommodate it-might stoke interGenerational fires, particularly among the younger generation.
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The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing
TL;DR: The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing, first published in 2005, is a guide to the body of knowledge, theory, policy and practice relevant to age researchers and gerontologists around the world.
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Age diversity, age discrimination climate and performance consequences—a cross organizational study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of organizational-level age diversity on collective perceptions of age discrimination climate that in turn should influence the collective affective commitment of employees, which is an important trigger for overall company performance.