A CROSS-CULTURAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSITIVITY EFFECT IN MEMORY: UNITED STATES vs. CHINA

被引:28
作者
Chung, Christie [1 ]
Lin, Ziyong [1 ]
机构
[1] Mills Coll, Dept Psychol, Oakland, CA 94613 USA
关键词
EMOTIONAL MEMORY; OLDER-ADULTS; STEREOTYPE THREAT; ATTITUDES; COGNITION; LIFE;
D O I
10.2190/AG.75.1.d
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
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.
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