title: [Effects of category label activation about the elderly].
abstract: The present research focuses on the study of behavioral effects of non-conscious activation of categories among outgroup (young people) and ingroup members (elderly people). Specifically, non-conscious activation of labels that designate the same group, but with different valence (old vs. elderly), showed an effect on a behavior not directly related to interaction with elderly. The first study with young individuals (N= 62) shows that, after non-conscious activation of a negative label (old), participants displayed longer RTs in the first phase of the task than in the case of positive label (elderly) priming. The second study (N= 40), performed with elderly people, shows a similar result, after non-conscious activation of a negative label (old), elderly people showed longer RTs in the first phase of the task, compared with the group in the non-conscious positive label activation condition. Results concerning the theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
authors: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid. abustillos@psi.uned.es
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Bustillos
authors: Rocío
authors: R
authors: Fernández-Ballesteros
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Huici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D063506:Ageism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D013360:Subliminal Stimulation; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D055815:Young Adult