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Please respond to the following questions with a minimum of 100 words (total of 500 words, but no more than 600 words total). Write the number of words used after each question.

1. What is a stereotype? Why do we stereotype?
2. What are the stereotypes of the elderly? What are the consequences of stereotyping the elderly?
3. Why do most Americans fear getting old? Why is it that many older persons do not want to be labeled “old”?
4. What are some ideas for changing current attitudes toward the elderly?
5. How do you feel about growing old yourself? What aging will be like for you?

Please answer this asap. Thanks

Answer 1

1.What is stereotype? Why do we stereotype?

Answer:

Stereotype: Stereotypes are beliefs about social groups in terms of the traits or characteristics that they are believed to share. Stereotypes are cognitive framework that influence the processing of social information.Stereotypes often function as schemas-cognitive framework for organizing, interpreting and recalling information.

Sterotypes lead us to attend to information that is consistent with them and to construct inconsistent information in ways that allow us to maintain our stereotypes. When a person's actions are highly discrepent from a stereotype, we are likely to subtype that person as a special case that proves the rule and not change our stereotype.

Why do we stereotype:

Answer: One important reason we hold stereotype is that doing so we can conserve the cognitive effort that would be required to perceive the person as an individual. We can simply rely on quicker, heuristic driven processing and use our preconceived beliefs when making behavioral choices. However, one can see, stereotypes can serve important motivational purpose; in addition to providing us with a sense that we understand the world, they can help us to feels positve about our own group identity in camparison to other social groups.

2. What are the stereotypes of the elderly? What are the consequences of stereotyping the elderly?

Negative stereotypes about ageing can be damaging to older people's sense of self and, perhaps surprisingly, their physical health too.

Negative stereotypes can be listed as follows:

Memory loss, unable to drive, serious illness, sexually inactive, depression or sadness, not feeling needed, loneliness, trouble paying bills, being burden.

Consequences of stereotyping can be:

People with negative perceptions of ageing have been found to have: people with negative perceptions of ageing can face following problems in their life:

• Higher rates of heart disease.
•   Less chance of recovering from severe disability.
•   Poor memory and cognition.
•   Lower quality diet
• No motivation for exercise
•   Not taking medication as instructed.
•   Shakier handwriting. etc

3. Why do most Americans fear getting old? Why is it that many older persons do not want to be labeled “old”?

Answer: Americans, In fact in the world where globalization is taking place, people  have fear when they think about getting old. Decline in physical ability is the most feared by many of Americans, followed by memory loss . chronic disease or running out of money are higher than the fear of dying.

Peope afraid that they will become disabled. The longer pepple live, the more likely it is that we will have mobility or sensory challenges.

People afraid that they will get Alzheimer's disease. Development Alzheimer's disease has actually decreased over the past few years, it's a possibility we all must consider.

Running out of money. Many people think they will be able to live exclusively on Social Security, they are just plain in denial about the need to save for their retirement years.

People think that they will reach the end of life. Most of us would prefer to stop thinking about the topic of our own death

4. What are some ideas for changing current attitudes toward the elderly?

Educating people can be helpful for removing these stereotypes. Techniques including those used to treat depression, race/gender bias, and remove addictive behaviour have all proven effective at removing these stereotypes.

Long-term improvements in self-image, strength, and balance.

Negative stereotypes about ageing can be inaccurate, and damaging from both a physical and cognitive perspective.

5. How do you feel about growing old yourself? What aging will be like for you?

Answer:

Aging is a natural experience that we all face; by changing the way we think and feel about this experience, we can all live healthier, happier lives.

In life, aging requires attention and effort towards taking care of one's health. Taking charge of good health habits, finances, positive attitudes and social relations pay huge benefits for the rest of our life.