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VICTIMIZATION OF THE ELDERLY

pp. S277-S285). Thus, one's expectancies influence one's own behaviors because the tendency is for an individual to choose actions that will most likely produce desired consequences, based on past experiences. If one's expectancies are distorted or unrealistic, however, it is less likely that appropriate behavioral choices will be made. Distorted and unrealistic expectancies are, in part, the product of one's schemata, or set of unrealistic and irrational beliefs.

Cognitive theory holds that extreme beliefs with respect to one's self and one's interaction with one's environment are among the most important of the cognitive phenomena leading to dysfunctional behavioral responses (Adelmann, pp. S277-S285). Basic beliefs are often learned early in life. Basic beliefs are used by individuals in the evaluation of life events (Porterfield, 1987, pp. 306-317). Thus, behavior will be evaluated in the context of one's basic beliefs. If these basic beliefs are unrealistic or irratio

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