Question

why does the culture in the United States place such a high value on staying young? what stigma do elderly people face? How does popular culture stereotype the elderly? Are the stereotypes correct? What does it mean to age in the cultural landscape of the United States? Give one example of a culture that has a different view. this is a question on sociology. thanks

Answer 1

America is obsessed with youth or young. America is a multibillion dollar industry. Advance technology avoided becoming old. They think young has high value and lucky to survive life long. They have a negative attitude toward advanced age. Age makes discrimination in the workplace like retirement age, it has many social domains in workplaces and health care facilities. Uncontrollable outcome on old age that makes stigma and negative attitude on advanced age.
The stereotype of many social groups has competence and warmth. Attitude, emotion, behavior on out-group. old group subtype as perfect grandparents perceived positively as likable, warmth, but also they are cognitively incompetent when low cognitive competence has disrespected. so old age both negative and positive subtype issues generally. There is some other stereotype on older age like they have less interpersonally, cognitive, physical, they tend to be old, slow, poor talker or thinker and age-related changes in cognitive function stereotype of cognitive functioning in older age has high value than an actual deficit. In olderage forgetfulness and mental illness due to biological changes in aging care, it causes forgetful behavior. It makes the lack of social norms stereotypes contribute to the attitude about older adults with other caregivers. Stereotype includes the basic factors rather than older age, it shapes the attitude and behavior of the individual.
Older adults in the cultural landscape united states having a unique set of physical changes for coping strategies it causes stigma-related stress. stereotype makes older people restrict their domain with groups, it negatively affects older people to lose their freedom on society has lacked in a unique contribution to these domains.
In socioemotional factors, older adults act as an active listener, caregiver for fulfilling their social group needs. age has social goals for people when they seek for emotional support. Older adults interact with family as close partners, but young people show some preference for interacting with the social groups. They have less strange social partners than young adults. so there is no difference between these two groups in close social partners.