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Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 19, No. 1, 141-149 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X00019001007

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Off-Target Verbosity Evokes Negative Stereotypes of Older Adults

Janet B. Ruscher

Tulane University, Janet.Ruscher{at}Tulane.edu

Megan M. Hurley

Tulane University, Megan.Hurley{at}Tulane.edu

Off-target verbosity is the inclusion of irrelevant information into an inappropriately lengthy narrative and is a characteristic exhibited by about 20% of older people. This experiment demonstrated that off-target verbosity elicited negative stereotypes of older adults among younger listeners. The talkative speaker who remained on-target did not elicit stereotypes as strongly, however, and even helped listeners remember details of the speaker’s narrative.


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