The Effects of Children's Stereotypes on Their Memory for Elderly Individuals.

Abstract

First-, third-, and fifth-grade children were asked to recall positive or negative information about individuals labeled elderly and individuals not labeled at all. Children recalled more negative description information about the individuals, regardless of the age of the character the length of the delay, and the age of the children. However, for additional statements, children recalled more negative statements about the elderly than they did about individuals not labeled elderly. The elderly description also led to some distortions in children's recall. That is, some of the positive information about the elderly (e.g., the person was healthy) was recalled in its negative form (e.g, the person was sick). These results suggest that children's concepts or stereotypes about the elderly affect the organization and recall of information about specific elderly individuals

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