
1 南昌大学公共管理学院, 南昌 330031
2 华南师范大学心理学院, 广东省心理健康与认知科学重点实验室, 华南师范大学心理应用研究中心, 广州 510665
收稿日期:
2018-06-27出版日期:
2020-02-25发布日期:
2019-12-24通讯作者:
陈俊E-mail:chenjunyrh@163.com基金资助:
* 2016 年度江西省社会科学规划青年博士基金项目(16BJ23);2017 年度江西省高校人文社会科学研究项目(YY12221);2016 年度教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地重大项目“学生核心价值观形成的心理机制及培养研究”(16JJD190002)Cognitive development of multiple metaphors of power concepts in 3~5 year-old children
HE Xiaoling1,2, CHEN Jun2(
1 School of Public Administration, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
2 School of Psychology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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CHEN Jun E-mail:chenjunyrh@163.com摘要/Abstract
摘要: 为考察3~5岁幼儿“权力”概念的大小、垂直空间和重量多重隐喻的认知发展进程, 研究采用了将权力人物和无权力人物图片放置大圆形或小圆形、垂直空间的上方框或下方框和不平衡跷跷板重端或轻端的图片迫选任务。通过3个实验及综合分析发现:3岁幼儿尚不具备权力隐喻理解能力; 4岁是幼儿权力隐喻理解能力的重要发展时期, 具备正极权力概念的隐喻理解能力, 建立起有权力为“大、高、重”的多重隐喻联结; 5岁幼儿的权力隐喻理解能力进一步增强, 已具备较完整的多重隐喻理解能力, 建立起有权力为“大、高、重”、无权力为“小、下、轻”的多重隐喻联结。3~5岁幼儿“权力”概念的大小、垂直空间和重量多重隐喻理解能力同步发展, 不受隐喻靶域习得时间早晚的影响。系列研究表明, 学龄前幼儿的权力隐喻理解能力发展趋势符合隐喻一致性理论, 隐喻表征的产生并非“有或无”的模式, 而是“渐进”呈现发展。
图/表 8

图1实验1采用的大小隐喻操作示意图(举例)

表1被试将权力词和无权力词人物图片放到大或小图形的频数和比率(%)
年龄组 | 权力词 | 无权力词 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
大 | 小 | 大 | 小 | |
3岁组 | 137 (54.17) | 103 (45.83) | 150 (62.5) | 90 (37.5) |
4岁组 | 175 (72.92) | 65 (27.08) | 122 (50.83) | 118 (49.17) |
5岁组 | 206 (85.83) | 34 (14.17) | 95 (39.58) | 145 (60.42) |
表1被试将权力词和无权力词人物图片放到大或小图形的频数和比率(%)
年龄组 | 权力词 | 无权力词 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
大 | 小 | 大 | 小 | |
3岁组 | 137 (54.17) | 103 (45.83) | 150 (62.5) | 90 (37.5) |
4岁组 | 175 (72.92) | 65 (27.08) | 122 (50.83) | 118 (49.17) |
5岁组 | 206 (85.83) | 34 (14.17) | 95 (39.58) | 145 (60.42) |

图2实验2采用的上下空间隐喻操作示意图

表2被试将权力词和无权力词人物图片放到上方或下方的频数和比率(%)
年龄组 | 权力词 | 无权力词 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
上 | 下 | 上 | 下 | |
3岁组 | 124 (51.67) | 116 (48.33) | 124 (51.67) | 116 (48.33) |
4岁组 | 147 (61.25) | 93 (38.75) | 106 (44.17) | 134 (55.83) |
5岁组 | 162 (67.50) | 78 (32.50) | 76 (31.67) | 164 (68.33) |
表2被试将权力词和无权力词人物图片放到上方或下方的频数和比率(%)
年龄组 | 权力词 | 无权力词 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
上 | 下 | 上 | 下 | |
3岁组 | 124 (51.67) | 116 (48.33) | 124 (51.67) | 116 (48.33) |
4岁组 | 147 (61.25) | 93 (38.75) | 106 (44.17) | 134 (55.83) |
5岁组 | 162 (67.50) | 78 (32.50) | 76 (31.67) | 164 (68.33) |

图3实验3采用的重量隐喻操作示意图(举例)

表3被试将权力词和无权力词人物图片放到跷跷板重端或轻端的频数和比率(%)
年龄组 | 权力词 | 无权力词 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
重 | 轻 | 重 | 轻 | |
3岁组 | 141 (58.75) | 99 (41.25) | 139 (57.92) | 101 (42.08) |
4岁组 | 152 (63.30) | 88 (36.67) | 110 (45.83) | 130 (55.17) |
5岁组 | 199 (82.92) | 41 (17.08) | 89 (37.08) | 151 (62.92) |
表3被试将权力词和无权力词人物图片放到跷跷板重端或轻端的频数和比率(%)
年龄组 | 权力词 | 无权力词 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
重 | 轻 | 重 | 轻 | |
3岁组 | 141 (58.75) | 99 (41.25) | 139 (57.92) | 101 (42.08) |
4岁组 | 152 (63.30) | 88 (36.67) | 110 (45.83) | 130 (55.17) |
5岁组 | 199 (82.92) | 41 (17.08) | 89 (37.08) | 151 (62.92) |
表4分层饱和模型筛选结果
年龄组 | 分层饱和模型筛选结果 | 拟合优度 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
似然比卡方 | df | p | ||
3岁组 | 隐喻类型×反应类型 | 7.32 | 2 | 0.026* |
4岁组 | 权力词类别×反应类型 | 52.92 | 1 | 0.001*** |
隐喻类型×反应类型 | 9.56 | 2 | 0.008** | |
5岁组 | 权力词类别×反应类型 | 282.07 | 1 | 0.001*** |
隐喻类型×反应类型 | 23.20 | 2 | 0.001*** | |
权力词类别×反应类型×隐喻类型 | 7.11 | 2 | 0.029* |
表4分层饱和模型筛选结果
年龄组 | 分层饱和模型筛选结果 | 拟合优度 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
似然比卡方 | df | p | ||
3岁组 | 隐喻类型×反应类型 | 7.32 | 2 | 0.026* |
4岁组 | 权力词类别×反应类型 | 52.92 | 1 | 0.001*** |
隐喻类型×反应类型 | 9.56 | 2 | 0.008** | |
5岁组 | 权力词类别×反应类型 | 282.07 | 1 | 0.001*** |
隐喻类型×反应类型 | 23.20 | 2 | 0.001*** | |
权力词类别×反应类型×隐喻类型 | 7.11 | 2 | 0.029* |
表5各年龄段的简约模型的参数估计部分结果
年龄 | 变量 | 参数估计值 | 标准误差 | Z值 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3岁 | 大小隐喻 | -0.04 | 0.10 | -0.35 | 0.724 |
垂直空间隐喻 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 1.54 | 0.124 | |
反应类型 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 3.64 | 0.001*** | |
权力词类型 | -1.29 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.999 | |
4岁 | 大小隐喻 | -0.18 | 0.10 | -1.75 | 0.081 |
垂直空间隐喻 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 0.670 | |
反应类型 | -0.20 | 0.11 | -1.85 | 0.064 | |
权力词类型 | -0.44 | 0.08 | -5.38 | 0.001*** | |
5岁 | 大小隐喻 | -0.04 | 0.12 | -0.35 | 0.727 |
垂直空间隐喻 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.73 | 0.464 | |
反应类型 | -0.53 | 0.13 | -3.96 | 0.001*** | |
权力词类型 | -1.30 | 0.18 | -7.40 | 0.001*** |
表5各年龄段的简约模型的参数估计部分结果
年龄 | 变量 | 参数估计值 | 标准误差 | Z值 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3岁 | 大小隐喻 | -0.04 | 0.10 | -0.35 | 0.724 |
垂直空间隐喻 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 1.54 | 0.124 | |
反应类型 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 3.64 | 0.001*** | |
权力词类型 | -1.29 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.999 | |
4岁 | 大小隐喻 | -0.18 | 0.10 | -1.75 | 0.081 |
垂直空间隐喻 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 0.670 | |
反应类型 | -0.20 | 0.11 | -1.85 | 0.064 | |
权力词类型 | -0.44 | 0.08 | -5.38 | 0.001*** | |
5岁 | 大小隐喻 | -0.04 | 0.12 | -0.35 | 0.727 |
垂直空间隐喻 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.73 | 0.464 | |
反应类型 | -0.53 | 0.13 | -3.96 | 0.001*** | |
权力词类型 | -1.30 | 0.18 | -7.40 | 0.001*** |
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