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Ryan, Ellen Bouchard; Jin, Young-Sun; Anas, Ann P. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2009
Young adults in Canada (N = 161) and South Korea (N = 165) rated either themselves or typical others at target ages 25, 45, and 65 years. In both countries, poorer memory was anticipated with each increase in age on all 3 memory belief factors: capacity, change, and locus. Both groups demonstrated a self-protective bias about age-related decline,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Older Adults, Age Differences, Memory
Bielak, Allison A. M.; Hultsch, David F.; Levy-Ajzenkopf, Judi; MacDonald, Stuart W. S.; Hunter, Michael A.; Strauss, Esther – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
We examined short-term changes in younger and older adults' control beliefs. Participants completed measures of general and memory-specific competence and locus of control on 10 bi-monthly occasions. At each occasion, participants rated their control beliefs prior to and following completion of a battery of cognitive tasks. Exposure to the set of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Cognitive Ability, Memory, Beliefs
Meacham, John A.; Dumitru, Jennifer – 1975
Prospective remembering (remembering to carry out specific activities at some future time) was investigated in this study. This investigation focused on episodic prospective remembering (memory for actions performed either infrequently or on an irregular basis ) rahter than habitual prospective remembering (memory for actions routinely engaged…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cues, Locus of Control

Lachman, Margie E. – Journal of Social Issues, 1991
Examines age differences in control beliefs for several domains, including intellectual aging and memory, for 200 adults aged 20-89 years. In domains of health and intellectual aging, older adults have lower internal control and higher external control beliefs than young and middle-age adults. A memory training program is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Intellectual Development

Tarver, Sara G.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research

Almarsdottir, Anna B.; Zimmer, Catherine – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Examined knowledge about medicines and perceived benefit among 101 children, ages 7 and 10. Found that medicine knowledge was explained using age, educational environment, and degree of internal locus of control as significant predictors. The negative effect of internal locus of control predicted perceived benefit. Retention of drug advertising…
Descriptors: Advertising, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development