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  • Social Psychology
  • Gerontology

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  • Social decision-making involves judging others' morality.
  • Understanding age-related differences in social judgment is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how older and younger adults use information in social decision-making tasks.
  • To compare rapid versus deliberate decision-making processes across age groups.

Main Methods:

  • Web-based survey with 200 participants (100 older, 100 younger adults).
  • Experiment 1: Assessed rapid judgments based on sequential sentences.
  • Experiment 2: Assessed deliberate judgments of protagonists' behavior and personality.

Main Results:

  • Older adults exhibited a higher percentage of "good" judgments compared to younger adults.
  • Older adults more frequently based judgments on protagonist behavior.
  • Both age groups utilized personality information in incongruent or negative situations.
  • General trust correlated positively with behavior-based judgments, while caution correlated negatively.

Conclusions:

  • Older adults demonstrate a more positive bias in social judgments, especially when behavior is congruent with positive traits.
  • Age differences in social decision-making are influenced by processing speed and information utilization.
  • Trust and caution are significant factors modulating behavior-based judgments in social contexts.