CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ELDERLY: THE IMPACT OF THREE METHODS OF ATTITUDE CHANGE

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Abstract
This investigation presented undergraduate students with three different instructional procedures. The goal was to change attitudes toward aging in a positive direction. Three techniques were considered individually, and the three combined were assessed in order to explore the utility of classroom instruction. Three experimental groups participated in a workshop series consisting of three single workshop sessions which were presented in a different order to each group. The total workshop series was successful in changing attitudes toward the elderly. Of the single workshop sessions, direct experience with an elderly couple was most effective.