Stereotype Threat Can Both Enhance and Impair Older Adults' Memory

Negative stereotypes about aging can impair older adults' memory via stereotype threat; however, the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are unclear. In two experiments, we tested competing predictions derived from two theoretical accounts of stereotype threat: executive-control interference...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychological science 2013-12, Vol.24 (12), p.2522-2529
Hauptverfasser:	Barber, Sarah J., Mather, Mara
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult. Elderly Age differences Aged Ageing Aging Aging - psychology Biological and medical sciences Developmental psychology Executive control Executive Function - physiology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human Humans Incentives Learning. Memory Male Memory Memory, Short-Term - physiology Middle Aged Minority students Older people Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Recall Short term memory Social attribution, perception and cognition Social cognition Social psychology Stereotypes Stereotyping
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