Previous studies of stereotype threat on memory task in older adults show that people in a stereotypical threat condition have a lower performance than people in a control condition. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of stereotypical threat in older adults on performance on free recall of a word list with respect to age and gender of respondents and the effect of stereotypical threat on anxiety with respect to age and gender. Also, the aim was to examine the effect of stereotypical threat on performance with respect to identification with a group of older people and intergenerational contact. The study involved 111 participants (55 male and 56 female) over 60 years of age who are members of pensioners' and the elderly clubs in Rijeka or members of the Reading Room of the Pensioners' Club in Pula or users of the City Reading Room Rijeka. The research used the Ingroup Identification Questionnaire, the Anxiety Questionnaire, the Intergenerational Contact Questionnaire, one story for stereotype activation and another for control group, as well as the word list for recall. The research confirmed the existence of the stereotype threat effect on the task of word recall in older adults. The interaction between group and the age of the subjects was obtained. Younger elderly memorized a higher number of words than older elderly in the control group. Younger elderly people memorized fewer words than older elderly people in the experimental group. The effect of stereothype threat on performance was found only in younger participants.. Main effect of gender on the number of memorized words was found, male participants memorized a smaller number of words than female participants. It was shown that there is a significant main effect of the group on the level of anxiety, the participants in the experimental group reported a higher level of anxiety than the participants in the control group. It was shown that there is a significant interaction between intergenerational contact and identification. Participants who identify themselves less with the older group recall more words when they have less intergenerational contact than when they have more intergenerational contact. Participants who identify themselves more with the older group recall more words when they have more intergenerational contact than when they have less intergenerational contact.