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Author:   Todd D. Nelson (California State University) ,  Irene Hanson Frieze
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Volume:   v. 61, No. 2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9781405139441

ISBN 10:   1405139447
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 August 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Ageism: Prejudice Against Our Feared Future Self. A Terror Management Perspective on Ageism. Attitudes Toward Younger and Older Adults: An Updated Meta-Analytic Review. This Old Stereotype: The Pervasiveness and Persistence of the Elderly Stereotype. Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non-intimate Interactions. Re-Vision of Older Television Characters: A Stereotype-Awareness Intervention. Perceiving Age Discrimination in Response to Intergenerational Inequity. The Social Separation of Old and Young: A Root of Ageism. Ageism and Age Categorization. Models of the Aging Self. Ageism Across the Lifespan: Towards a Self-Categorization Model of Ageing. Erratum: ""Mothers and Fathers in the Workplace: How Gender and Parental Status Influence Judgments of Job-Related Competence"""

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Todd D. Nelson is the Gemperle Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology at California State University - Stanislaus. His research focuses on the impact of ageism on older persons. Specifically, he is interested in understanding and how age prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination at the individual and societal level influence how older people feel about themselves and the future.

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