Cultural Media Views of Aging in Brazil and the United States
BEN EMER & AMY
KNEPPLE
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
LIANA SANTOS PEIXOTO & SATA
SANTOS CHAVES
Universidade Fedeeral da Bahia, Brazil.
Advertisements in comparable Brazilian and US magazines were examined for average perceived age of men and women represented in the ads and for ageism stereotypes. Brazilian ads portrayed younger people. Too few older adults were represented to draw conclusions about age stereotypes.
MACRAE HUSTING
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
JULIANA INAH, MILENA SOBRAL, &
TACIANA BRITO
Federal University of Brazil.
Perfectly symmetrical faces, created by a mirror image of a half face, were compared to the same unmanipulated face on ratings of attractiveness and personality characteristics.
MEGAN O'BRIGHT & KRISTIN WEBER
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
CLAUDIA OLIVA, FERNANDA DURAN BRITO, & MINO RIOS,
Universidade Federal da Bahia.
This study examined Brazilian and North American predictions of change as well as types of trends they were more likely to choose in predicting the future (linear or nonlinear). Research was a replication of a study on Chinese and Americans. Brazilian results were found to be in between that of Chinese and Americans. This project received an“”Excellence in Research Award” from the 2006 Psi Chi session o f the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago, IL.
TAMMY L. KADAH-AMMETER , KATHLEEN R. STETTER,&
ADAM STORY
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
PATRÍCIA FLORIANO
Faculdade Ruy Barbosa, Brazil
ANA CAROLINA RODRIGUES
Federal University
of Bahia, Brazil.
A revised Singelis (1994) Self-Construal Scale (Kadah-Ammeter, Leiter, & Moon, 2005) assessed 95 U.S. and 71 Brazilian students. U.S. students scored significantly higher for both self-construal dimensions compared to Brazilians. Results are inconsistent with the view that Brazil is primarily collectivistic on a country level and allocentric on an individual-level.
NICHOLAS C. CUCCIA & KRISTINA L. PAGEL
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
CARINE FRANCA, GISELE LOPES, & GREICE SANTOS
Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Altruism was measured in relationship to self-construal and culture. Data were collected from two samples: Brazil and the United States. Overall, Brazilians scored lower on altruism. Interdependent self-construal was found to be negatively correlated with altruism in both the US and Brazil if the helping behavior involved loss of status. This project received an “Excellence in Research Award” from the 2006 Psi Chi session o f the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago, IL and was invited to a display of “Posters in the Rotunda” at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, Wisconsin.
Categorical Comparisons of 33 Happy Moments in Brazil and the United States
ANGELA M. WHIRRY-ACHTEN & MELISSA
JENSEN
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
JANAINA BLUMETTI & POTIRA ROCHA
Barbosa University.
This project categorized and compared 33 happy moments from participants in Brazil to a matched sample from the United States. Authors analyzed differences between the collectivistic Brazil and the individualistic U.S in the areas of achievements and relationships. Results confirm higher rates of moments related to achievements in the U.S.
AMY M. KNEPPLE, SUSAN MCFADDEN, & KATHLEEN STETTER, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh; ANDRÉA OLIVEIRA, & NAIARA OLIVEIRA, Universidade Federal da Bahia.
Brazilian older adults (n=24) perceive significantly more social support from their new friends than from their long time friends, whereas the opposite is true for North American older adults (n=67).Willingness to share emotions was assessed; there was a significant interaction for the country of participant by the type of friendship.