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Published in 1974, Western Attitudes Toward Death from the Middle Ages to the Present was French historian Philippe Ariès's first major publication on the subject of death. Ariès was well known for his work as a medievalist and a historian of the family , but the history of death was the subject of his work in his last decade of scholarly life.
The Lester attitude death scale was developed in 1966 but not published until 1991 until its validity was established. [80] By measuring the general attitude towards death and also the inconsistencies with death attitudes, participants are scaled to their favorable value towards death. [80]
The sight of aged people could be a possible reminder of death (memento mori) and inevitable biological vulnerability. This unwillingness to accept these can manifest in feelings of hostility and discriminatory acts towards the elderly.
Ageist beliefs against the elderly are commonplace in today's society. For example, an older person who forgets something could be quick to call it a "senior moment", failing to realize the ageism of that statement. People also often utter ageist phrases such as "dirty old man" or "second childhood", and elders sometimes miss the ageist undertones.
Specifically, death cognition in the form of anti-smoking warnings weren't effective for smokers and in fact, increased their already positive attitudes towards the behavior. [25] The reasons behind individuals' optimistic attitudes towards smoking after mortality was made salient, indicate that people use positivity as a buffer against anxiety.
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Female-on-male is considered by society as less serious than male-on-female violence, [51] and domestic violence studies and measures often exclusively take account for women. [ 51 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In a study of psychologists in 2004, they found that psychologists rated that the actions of husbands were more likely to be psychologically abusive ...
New details about a study that warned against black plastic spatulas and other kitchen tools have come out. (Getty Creative) (Анатолий Тушенцов via Getty Images)