Hummert

Are there any traits that you’re surprised to see associated (or not associated) with older adults? Where do you think these associations come from?

ASSIGNMENT Table 8.3 on page 276 of your textbook contains a list of personality traits, along with the percentage of people of different age groups who believe these traits to apply to older adults. This is a little complicated, but here’s how it works: Hummert and colleagues (1994) interviewed young, middle-aged, and older adults and […]

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