Leah Georges, social psychologist, 2019, 11:25
I. Pre-watching task
What stereotypes are usually associated with age?
II. Comprehension questions
1) How many generations are now interacting at work in America? How are they described?
2) How are intergenerational relations in the workplace sometimes described on the
Internet?
3) Why does the speaker question the idea of generations?
4) What happens when we focus on generational cohorts at work?
5) What do we learn about people when we “meet them in their onlyness”, not as a
stereotypical boomer, Generation X-er, or millennial?
III.Identify the topic and the thesis of the talk.
IV.Paraphrase and explain the following
the latchkey generation
the everybody-gets-a-ribbon generation
the generational divide
self-fulfilling prophecy
pre-tenure academic
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V. Give the gist/summary of the talk.
VI.Expand on the statement you find most interesting, explain your choice:
This idea of generations has become deeply embedded in United States culture.
And so to really understand the beauty of the multigenerational workplace, I think we just have to meet people where they are.