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PAGE 8 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY , JUNE 3, 1981 Psychologist finds ages portrayed badly A psychology profesâ€" sor at Renison College on the University of Waterloo campus is reading Hansel and Gretel and watching Sesame Street and the Flintstones on televiâ€" sion. It‘s all part of his research into how old people are portrayed in children‘s literature and on television. * Dr. John Towler, the professor involved, is sponsored by a Social Sciences and Humaniâ€" ties Research Council grant. The study began beâ€" cause of increasing numbers of adults in the over 65 age group. Statistics Canada shows that in 1976, 8.7 per cent of the populaâ€" tion was over 65. In the year 2001, there will be 12 per cent and a furâ€" ther increase to 20 per cent by 2031, according to estimates. "*As more and more of our population ages, society‘s treatment and attitudes towards the aged will be inâ€" creasingly dependent upon the value systems Continue the Fluoridation of Waterloo‘s Water vote of the younger generaâ€" tion," says Towler. "If the media serve as any indication of the values we teach our children, we may be in trou: ble." Older people are more likely to be feâ€" male than male; their characteristic state of health is shown to be Towler‘s study, one of the few conducted in this area, involves anaâ€" lyzing 500 of the most popular books read by children from kinderâ€" garten to grade six. He is also looking at 50 of the most popular chilâ€" dren‘s television shows. Some of the things he is looking at include: how the aged are porâ€" trayed in literature as compared to television, roles of the aged, sex differences, personaliâ€" ty traits and activities in which the aged are shown to be engaged. Preliminary _ results of the study have alâ€" ready confirmed Towler‘s belief that the elderly are misrdpreâ€" sented in the media. vote to the question Wednesday Girl AL JOHNSON‘S