Why Young People Are Miffed About Being Considered Junior

Young people tend to feel older than they really are. For example, in a series of experiments by Matthew L. Hughes and two colleagues at Texas A&M, participants with an average age of about 24 felt about 5 years older than their true ages, a finding that confirms the results of previous research. Older people have the opposite feeling: Participants in a group with average age about 60 said they felt 8 to 9 years younger than their true ages, and a group with average age 75 felt 16 years younger, which may help explain why many older people don’t feel ready to retire at retirement age.




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Published on November 26, 2013 05:30
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