Ageism : stereotyping and prejudice against older persons / edited by Todd D. Nelson. - xvi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"A Bradford book.".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins of Ageism. Doddering But Dear: Process, Content, and Function in Stereotyping of Older Persons / Ageism: Denying the Face of the Future / Implicit Ageism / A Social-Developmental View of Ageism / Effects of Ageism. Attitudes toward Older Adults / Ageism in the Workplace: A Communication Perspective / Ageist Behavior / The Paradox of Well-Being, Identity Processes, and Stereotype Threat: Ageism and Its Potential Relationships to the Self in Later Life / Reducing Ageism and Future Directions. Acting Your Age / Will Families Support Their Elders? Answers from Across Cultures / Reducing Ageism / Thirty Years of Ageism Research / Amy J. C. Cuddy and Susan T. Fiske. Jeff Greenberg, Jeff Schimel and Andy Mertens. Becca R. Levy and Mahzarin R. Banaji. Joann M. Montepare and Leslie A. Zebrowitz -- Mary E. Kite and Lisa Smith Wagner. Robert McCann and Howard Giles. Monisha Pasupathi and Corinna E. Lockenhoff. Susan Krauss Whitbourne and Joel R. Sneed -- Sarit A. Golub, Allan Filipowicz and Ellen J. Langer. Sik Hung Ng. Valerie Braithwaite. Jody A. Wilkinson and Kenneth F. Ferraro. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. II. 5. 6. 7. 8. III. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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Ageism.
Ageism--United States

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