儿童法律概念的心理结构探究

本文对儿童法律概念的表征进行了初步探究。研究者依据激活扩散模型,采用“法律”一词为靶词,让小学生被试进行自由联想,然后将联想出的高频词（概念）作为分析单位,根据它们之间的关系亲疏程度实施系统聚类分析,结果发现,法律概念在儿童心目中是从以下３个方面进行表征的：（１）罪与罚;（２）司法机关和人员（含行为）;（３）法律条规和品格。结果还发现,与成人相比,儿童对法律概念的表征无论是从维度还是从内容深度上都要单一、浅表和具体得多。

Juvenile Concept of Law: A Study on the Psychostructure of Children in China

Introduced in this paper is a preliminary research on the representation of the concept of law for Chinese children. According to the Spreading Activation Model, the word "law" was presented as a stimulus which 100 primary school pupils were asked to use for association. Then 71 law-related words with frequency above 3% were collected as units of analysis. Based on the interrelation, a cluster analysis was carried out, which revealed three facets of the representation of law concept: (1) crimes and punishments; (2)judicial organ and personnel; (3) regulations and character of law. Contrasted with those of adult, the dimension and the context depth of children's cognition of law were much simplier, mere superficial and specific.