caa a22 4500 386314691 CHVBK 20180307111602.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1988 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0714980800007911 doi S0714980800007911 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0714980800007911 Perceived Cognitive Ability of Young and Old Targets [Elektronische Daten] In the first of two experiments designed to investigate perceived cognitive abilities of young and old targets, 80 female undergraduates estimated the performance of either a young or an old target on several subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS; Wechsler, 1955). Experiment 2, with 120 respondents, extended Experiment 1 to include respondent sex and target sex variables, and additional WAIS subtests. The results of the two experiments suggest a highly differentiated view of cognitive abilities. On subtests related primarily to memory and psychomotor speed, the old targets were seen as less cognitively able than the young targets. On a subtest assessing practical judgment and common sense old targets were seen as superior to young targets. On subtests assessing computational abilities and logical abstractive thinking no reliable target age differences were found. Neither target sex nor respondent sex played a substantial role in target age perceptions. Compared to available norms estimates xvere unrealistically generous, particularly in the case of older adults. However the pattern of estimates across cognitive abilities reflected, to a substantial degree, the age-related differences in the norms. Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1988 aging nationallicence perceptions nationallicence cognitive ability nationallicence Hendrick Jennifer J. Queen's University Jane Knox V. Queen's University Gekoski William L. Queen's University Dyne Kate J. Queen's University Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement Cambridge University Press 7/3(1988), 192-203 0714-9808 7:3<192 1988 7 CJG https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980800007911 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980800007911 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hendrick Jennifer J. Queen's University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jane Knox V. Queen's University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gekoski William L. Queen's University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dyne Kate J. Queen's University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement Cambridge University Press 7/3(1988), 192-203 0714-9808 7:3<192 1988 7 CJG CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge