SOCIAL COGNITION, COMMUNICATION, AGE STEREOTYPING

这个项目将解决社会认知过程中 沟通行为和年龄成见。由PI进行的先前研究 研究表明，年轻人、中年人和老年人都持这两种积极态度 以及对老年人的负面刻板印象。此外，这项研究还 确立了负面的刻板印象比积极的刻板印象更能导致 对年长的目标使用居高临下的言辞。年龄差异， 然而，在年龄刻板印象图式的复杂性上都是显而易见的 以及在负面刻板印象和生产之间的关系 发表高人一等的言论。老年人持有更复杂的年龄刻板印象 图式和不太可能使用居高临下的谈话来表示负面 千篇一律的目标比年轻人和中年人更多。这个 拟议的项目将通过调查如何 老年人的沟通行为(例如，对恩惠的反应 谈话，自我披露健康和个人问题，告诉别人年龄， 冗长)可能会在印象中造成负面刻板印象 形成过程。此外，它将调查在多大程度上 老年人的印象判断和与老年人的沟通 人们反映的是隐含的刻板印象。该项目的具体目标是： 1.确定老年人的沟通行为会导致 积极和消极的刻板印象； 2.检验内隐年龄关系的强度 刻板印象，对年长的沟通者的印象，以及沟通 对待老年人的行为； 3.考察社会认知过程中的年龄差异 将沟通行为与年龄刻板印象联系起来。

This project will address the social cognitive processes that link communication behaviors and age stereotyping. Prior research by the PI has shown that young, middle-aged, and older adults hold both positive and negative stereotypes of older people. Further that research has established that negative stereotypes, more than positive ones, led to the use of patronizing speech with older targets. Age differences, however, are evident both in the complexity of age stereotype schemas and in the relationship between negative stereotyping and the production of patronizing speech. Older adults hold more complex age stereotype schemas and are less likely to use patronizing talk toward a negatively stereotyped target than are young and middle-aged individuals. The proposed project will add to this body of research by investigating how communication behaviors of older persons (e.g., responses to patronizing talk, self disclosures of health and personal problems, age-telling, verbosity) may contribute to negative stereotyping in the impression formation process. In addition, it will investigate the extent to which impression judgements of older persons and communication to older persons reflect implicit stereotyping. Specific aims of the project are: 1. To determine the communication behaviors of older adults that lead to positive and negative stereotyping; 2. To test the strength of the relationship between implicit age stereotypes, impressions of older communicators, and communications behaviors toward older persons; 3. To examine age differences int he social cognitive processes that link communication behaviors and age stereotyping.