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Investigate whether age has an effect on a person's tendency to stereotype others due to their appearance.
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Psychology A2 Practical Coursework. Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate whether age has an effect on a person's tendency to stereotype others due to their appearance. An opportunity sample of twenty participants, ten aged 15-25 and ten aged 45-55, were used in the study. A questionnaire was used to determine whether the participants stereotyped. The older participants scored higher scores, supporting my experimental hypothesis but not in a significant, and therefore valid, form. The observed value was 42, with a 0.05 level of significance, and a critical value of 27 using the Mann-Whitney U test. Therefore the research hypothesis that 'older people will have a higher tendency to place stereotypes due to appearance' is rejected and the null hypothesis was accepted, as the critical value was lower than the observed value. This study suggests that older people tend to stereotype more than younger people do. Introduction Stereotyping and...
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