[en] We examined age-related attitudes in 56 German children (Mage = 6.5, 4-8 years; 55% female) using newly developed behavioral (seating and team formation task), explicit (picture rating), and implicit (ST-IAT) measures. Stimuli comprised pictures of younger and older adults. Children placed younger adults closer to themselves and placed more older adults in an opposing team, rated pictures of younger adults more positively than those of older adults, and evinced more favorable implicit evaluations of younger than older targets. This shows that already young children evaluate younger and older adults differently, underscoring the need for further research on the development of age-related attitudes in childhood.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Schenker, Lena-Emilia; UvA - Universiteit van Amsterdam
Bellingtier, Jennifer A.; Friedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena
KORNADT, Anna ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS) > Lifespan Development, Family and Culture
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