- When older adults’ forgetfulness is rated as more serious than memory failures of younger
adults, this is known as __.
a. an age-based double standard
b. an age-based stereotype
c. an age-based attribution
d. dispositional stereotype - Stereotypes that younger adults have about older adults are __.
a. positive
b. negative
c. both positive and negative
d. irrelevant because people take other factors into consideration when forming
impressions of older persons