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The Development of Pupils’ Understanding of Guilt Emotion

ZHANG Xiao-xian1,2, SANG Biao1   

  1. 1. The School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062;
    2. School of Educational Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310018
  • Online:2012-01-15 Published:2012-01-15

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Abstract: Guilt as one of the self-conscious emotion play importment roles in pupils'social development.In order to explore which situations pupils emerge guilt emotion in Chinese background,this study tended to examine the evoking situations of pupils'guilt emotion in two kinds of adults(pupils'parents and pupils'teachers).Based on the standard of reports of two kinds of adults,we further aimed to reveal pupils'development of understanding of guilt emotion.Results indicated that:(1)compared to interpersonal communication situation,the pupils display better ability of understanding guilt in the study situation;(2)the first to three grade is the rapid growth of pupils'understanding of guilt in the study situation.

Key words: pupil, guilt, emotion understand

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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