Age stereotypes
Their impact on short term and long term health
cultural agreement on aging
Short therm:
acute age-stereotype priming can affect e.g. walking speed
Long term:
negative stereotype has a negative impact on health, e.g. cardiovascular, hearing decline or wellbeing
Subjective ageing
Long therm and short term impact on health
Once own perception of aging or subjective age.
Highly dependent on view on age-related gains and losses (on many dimensions)
Short term:
limited data
Can be changed though visualization to improve grip strength
Long term
high predictor of health, well-being and cognition
Stereotype threat theory
The fear of confirming negative stereotypes leads to worse performance which fulfills the stereotype-
The greater identification with age group the greater the effect
Stereotype embodiment theory
Embodiment of life-long learned stereotypes of age that suddenly become relevant.
Internalisation of such impacts
physiology (increased stress)
behaviour (influences (health)behaviour and satisfaction
Psychological (self-fulfilling prophecy)
Describe the heuristic framework how all the stereotypes, subjective age etc play together
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