Patronizing and policing elderly people.
426 students rated a vignette wherein an older person was patronized (more or less) or not by a police officer. Trait attributions were linearly related to extent of patronization: predictably negative for the patronizers, yet positive for the recipients. Visual appearances of patronizers and patronizees did not influence these patterns.
Giles
Howard
H
Center on Police Practices and Community, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020, USA. HowieGiles@aol.com
Zwang-Weissman
Yardena
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Hajek
Christopher
C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D016495:Police