Social Experiment - Chronological Age . Sat 23 Nov 2013
Research Finding :
Why Young People Are Miffed About Being Considered Junior
Experiment 1 :
Young people tend to feel older than they really are. For example, in a series of experiments by Matthew L. Hughes and two colleagues at Texas A&M, participants with an average age of about 24 felt about 5 years older than their true ages, a finding that confirms the results of previous research. They felt they were 29 !!
Experiment 2 :
Older people have the opposite feeling: Participants in a group with average age about 60 said they felt 8 to 9 years younger than their true ages ( 51-52) , and a group with average age 75 felt 16 years younger ( !!! 60 ) which may help explain why many older people don’t feel ready to retire at retirement age !
SOURCE: Aging 5 Years in 5 Minutes: The Effect of Taking a Memory Test on Older Adults’ SUBJECTIVE AGE !
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