Stereotypes and Aging
Text to be cited: Cavanaugh, J. C. & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2015). Adult development and aging (7th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning
Ageism is arguably a widespread –ism that affects American life and popular culture in the early 21st century. To explore to what extent your own beliefs among older people have a negative bias, take the Facts on Aging Quiz, which is available in additional materials.
In you reflective essay weave in your responses to the following questions:
What did you learn about how you regard older adults from taking this quiz?
Which beliefs that you brought into this course have changed as a result of what you have been learning these past few days?
What are some ways of reducing ageism through our own individual actions, as well as through larger societal and cultural changes?
