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    The Effects Of Stereotype Threat On Elders' Memory Performance

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    Title
    The Effects Of Stereotype Threat On Elders' Memory Performance
    Author
    Raffi, Michelle
    Date
    May 2017
    Subject
    age
    memory
    memory loss
    response criterion
    stereotype threat
    
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/622
    Abstract
    Elders often do poorly on memory tests compared to younger adults, but this may be due in part to elders believing that memory declines with age. Previous research has found that elders who are aware of this negative stereotype freely recall and recognize fewer words than elders who are not aware of this stereotype (Chasteen et al., 2005). In a meta-analysis of previous research, young adults and elders in non-threat groups had a more liberal response criterion and produced more information about what they believe they remembered, whereas elders in the threat group had a more conservative response criterion and produced less uncertain information. This study further investigates this stereotype and how it affects elders’ memory performance after watching a video. The study found that the young adult group had more correct answers from the memory test than the elder threat group and elder non-threat group. The young adult group had a higher d’ than both old groups and the old threat group had the lowest d’. The response criteria fluctuated between each group but not as much as expected. Results have found that young adults do better on a memory test and a stereotype threat can be seen between elders during videos.
    Advisor
    Miller, Benjamin
    Zeren, Andrea
    Evett, Sophia
    Department
    Psychology
    Degree
    Bachelor of Science (BS)
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