Older People Are More Prejudiced - And They Can't Help It
A new study suggests that as older adults lose their inhibitory ability - the capacity to suppress unwanted or irrelevant information - they find it difficult to disregard their own stereotypical or prejudicial thoughts.
The result is that older adults are more likely to think and express prejudicial thoughts, even when they want to be non-prejudiced and are reminded to ignore stereotypes.
A new study suggests that as older adults lose their inhibitory ability - the capacity to suppress unwanted or irrelevant information - they find it difficult to disregard their own stereotypical or prejudicial thoughts.
The result is that older adults are more likely to think and express prejudicial thoughts, even when they want to be non-prejudiced and are reminded to ignore stereotypes.
Its funny you should bring up this subject because my wifes son is in college and his opinions on predjudism sound like he is Martin Luthor King reincarnated,and he's white.I think the older you get,the more entitled you are to think whatever the hell you want.I also believe that unless you are the CEO of some huge corporation or the President,it really doesn't matter what you think.
