Ageism : stereotyping and prejudice against older persons / edited by Todd D. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Todd D., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ageism.

Ageism--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2002]

Summary:

Current findings on the origins and effects of ageism, as well as ways to reduce it.

Contents:

Doddering but dear: process, content, and function in stereotyping of older persons / Amy J.C. Cuddy and Susan T. Fiske

Ageism: denying the face of the future / Jeff Greenberg, Jeff Schimel, and Andy Mertens

Implicit ageism / Becca R. Levy and Mahzarin R. Banaji

A social-developmental view of ageism / Joann M. Montepare and Leslie A. Zebrowitz

Attitudes toward older adults / Mary E. Kite and Lisa Smith Wagner

Ageism in the workplace: a communication perspective / Robert McCann and Howard Giles

Ageist behavior / Monisha Pasupathi and Corinna E. Löckenhoff

The paradox of well-being, identity processes, and stereotype threat: ageism and its potential relationships to self in later life / Susan Krauss Whitbourne And Joel R. Sneed

Acting your age / Sarit A. Golub, Allan Filipowicz, and Ellen J. Langer

Will families support their elders? Answers from across cultures / Sik Hung Ng

Reducing ageism / Valerie Braithwaite

Thirty years of ageism research / Jody A. Wilkinson and Kenneth F. Ferraro.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262140772

OCLC:

47863229