I am an undergraduate student at York University. My name is Ana Cernicov and I can be contacted at annac93@yorku.ca



I am taking the course PSYCH 4170. As a course requirement, I am working on a project whereby I need to collect information to explore the attitudes that young adults hold towards older individual’s attributes, as those attributes are reflected in images of the older individual. I am therefore asking if you would agree to participate in my research by answering a questionnaire.



The questionnaire has (20) questions, and you will be asked to provide feedback on (20) pictures.



You do not have to participate at all, or, even if you agree now, you can terminate your participation at any time without prejudice. You also do not have to answer individual questions you don’t want to answer. Your name will not be attached to the questionnaire and I will ensure that your participation remains confidential. (This consent form will be kept separate from the questionnaire for all participants.)



I can tell you that your response may be included in the paper I will write at the conclusion of this assignment; however, your responses would be anonymous and nobody could connect your responses with you as an individual.



A benefit you may experience by participating in this study is greater knowledge of your perceptions/feelings about beauty and age biases, which could potentially improve your own inter-generational relations.



By participating in this study, you risk being upset or made uncomfortable by the questions asked.



If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at annac93@yorku.ca or my professor, Dr. Ed Haltrecht at haltrech@yorku.ca. (Note that, if you do participate, you will receive a separate sheet of paper with my and my supervising professor’s contact information on it to take away with you.)