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Activity 4.5 Attitudes and Assumpti<strong>on</strong>s–AnExplorati<strong>on</strong>Source: Participatory Research with Older People: ASourcebook [ p46]Time: 30 minutesMaterials:N<strong>on</strong>e106Objective:Recognise our natural tendency towards developing prec<strong>on</strong>ceivedideas and to encourage an analysis of ourassumpti<strong>on</strong>s, c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s and beliefsProcedure:1. Ask participants to line up in order of age, with theyoungest pers<strong>on</strong> at <strong>on</strong>e end and the oldest at the otherend. They should do this without talking andwithout signalling to each other in any way.2. Once every<strong>on</strong>e is in line, ask participants to talk toeach other, find out each other’s age and if necessaryrearrange themselves.3. Then ask the group to sit down and discuss theexercise.4. Was the line accurate the first time?5. Why? Why not?6. How did they categorise people by age?7. How reliable were their assumpti<strong>on</strong>s?

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