Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 202-209.

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Research Approaches and Integration for Life Cognition

XU Xiao-ying, LI Dan   

  1. Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
  • Online:2011-03-15 Published:2011-03-15

Abstract: Based on the definition of life cognition and recent research in the field,the article focused on children and adolescent development,summarized and reviewed cognition(emphasizing on the understanding of life and death),emotion(focusing on self feeling about life and death) and intention(paying attention on your own meaning in life) as three major approaches of life cognition.Finally,more emphasis should be put on clarification of conception,combination of three ingredients(cognition,emotion,intention),feasibility of research approaches and selection of research perspective.

Key words: life cognition, cognition, emotion, intention

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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