Stereotyping of older adults: The role of target facial cues and perceiver characteristics

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Hummert, Mary Lee ^a   Garstka, Teri A ^b   Shaner, Jaye L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0030941297     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.1.107     Document Type: Article

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