"Age Schemas": Guides to Processing Information about the Self

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-108

  Montepare, Joann M ^a   Clements, Amy E ^b  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age perceptions; Schematic processing; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035595277     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026493818246     Document Type: Article

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