Ageism

Prejudice Against Our Feared Future Self

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10219829
AutoresTodd D Nelson (California State University, Stanislaus, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen61
Número2
Páginas207-221
Fecha de publicación2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-4560.2005.00402.x
OpenAlexW2014675394
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas162
Referencias citadas53

For decades, researchers have discovered much about how humans automatically categorize others in social perception. Some categorizations—race, gender, and age—are so automatic that they are termed “primitive categories.” As we categorize, we often develop stereotypes about the categories. Researchers know much about racism and sexism, but comparatively little about prejudicing and stereotyping based on age. The articles in this issue highlight 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. With the aging baby boomer demographic, it is especially timely for researchers to work to understand how society can shed its institutionalized ageism and promote respect for elders

Categorization · Epistemology · Perception · Prejudice (legal term · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology