Tyler T R, Schuller R A
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94270.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1991 Nov;61(5):689-97. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.61.5.689.
Social psychologists have proposed a variety of different models to account for people's relative openness to attitude change through the life cycle. Two of the most important models are the impressionable years model, which suggests an especially great openness to change among the young, and the lifelong openness model, which suggests that age is unrelated to openness to attitude change. Two studies were conducted to examine the openness of people of varying ages to attitude change. In both studies, the influence of personal experiences with government agencies on attitudes toward government was examined. The attitudes of older people changed as much or more in response to their personal experiences as did those of younger people. These results support the lifelong openness model of attitude change.
社会心理学家提出了各种不同的模型，以解释人们在整个生命周期中对态度改变的相对开放程度。其中两个最重要的模型是“易感期模型”，该模型表明年轻人对改变具有特别高的开放程度；以及“终身开放模型”，该模型表明年龄与态度改变的开放程度无关。进行了两项研究，以检验不同年龄的人对态度改变的开放程度。在这两项研究中，都考察了与政府机构的个人经历对政府态度的影响。老年人的态度因个人经历而发生的变化与年轻人的态度变化一样多，甚至更多。这些结果支持了态度改变的终身开放模型。
