Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 12, 2026

A Real-world What-Where-When Memory Test
Published on: May 16, 2017
Belief discrepancy reasoning in the elderly
Abstract:
The development of belief discrepancy reasoning, or how people evaluate disagreeing others, was examined with forty-four college and elderly respondents. Dogmatism and IQ measures were also administered. The results showed that the elderly were significantly lower in belief discrepancy reasoning and higher in dogmatism than the college sample, despite statistically greater IQ for the former sample and controls for education. For belief discrepancy, the elderly sample did not evidence intolerance, but rather relativism and open-mindedness toward disagreeing others. Implications for the construct validation of belief discrepancy and senescent intolerance are discussed.
More Related Videos
04:13Using a Real-Time Locating System to Measure Walking Activity Associated with Wandering Behaviors Among Institutionalized Older Adults
Published on: February 8, 2019
06:58Highlighting and Reducing the Impact of Negative Aging Stereotypes During Older Adults' Cognitive Testing
Published on: January 24, 2020
Related Concept Videos
Self-Discrepancy Theory
Cognitive Dissonance
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Cognitive Development During Adulthood
Revisionist Views of Adolescent and Adult Cognition
Self-Discrepancy and Its Effects