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Ageism and age discrimination
Ageism and age discrimination

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A diagram featuring three circles in a pyramid formation connected to each other by a line. The top circle has the word ‘Stereotypes’ in bold text and provides the definition as ‘Cognitive / how we think – Knowledge, beliefs, ideas’. The bottom right circle has ‘Prejudice’ in bold text and provides the definition as ‘Affective / how we feel – Attitudes, judgements’. The bottom left circle has ‘Discrimination’ in bold text and provides the definition as ‘Behavioural / how we act – Treating people differently.’
Figure 1: How stereotypes, discrimination and prejudice are defined and can inform each other.

 1 What is ageism and why does it matter?