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Autor/inn/en | Chung, Christie; Lin, Ziyong |
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Titel | A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Positivity Effect in Memory: United States vs. China |
Quelle | In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 75 (2012) 1, S.31-44 (14 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0091-4150 |
Schlagwörter | Cross Cultural Studies; Aging (Individuals); Older Adults; Young Adults; Comparative Analysis; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Stereotypes; Memory; Emotional Response; Task Analysis; Pictorial Stimuli; Asian Culture; Cognitive Ability; China |
Abstract | Many studies conducted in the United States (U.S.) have documented a positivity effect in aging--a tendency for older adults to remember more positive than negative information in comparison to young adults. Despite this cognitive emotional benefit, U.S. adults still hold a more negative view of aging compared to adults in Asia. We hypothesized that these aging stereotypes may contribute to different patterns of age-related emotional memory processing in the two cultures. In the present study, we tested young and older adults in the U.S. and China on a View of Aging task and an emotional picture memory task. Chinese older adults hold a significantly more positive view of aging compared to all other groups of participants. Older adults in both countries demonstrated an age-related positivity effect, but Chinese older adults showed a trend in remembering fewer negative pictures than their American counterparts. These findings suggest that aging stereotypes might significantly influence older adults' cognitive abilities. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |