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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2021. Vol. 14, no. 3, 138–151
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2021140310
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

Semantic Similarity and Difference in the Estimate of Verbal Designations of Basic Emotions by Young School Children and Adults

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E.G. Khoze, I.A. Basiul, E.A. Lupenko, M.V. Yuryeva, M.M. Marinova

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Abstract

The study is devoted to the experimental study of semantic similarities and differences in the assessments of verbal designations of basic emotions in adult and child samples — the focus is on the regularities of assessing basic emotions by children and adults using the semantic differential in terms of affective polar concepts. A comparative analysis of assessments of verbal designations of basic emotions by children and adults was carried out, which showed their coincidence in 72% of cases. The differences between adults and children are that adults rate them more pronounced (with the exception of “surprise”). The semantic differential developed taking into account age characteristics can be used to verify emoji expressions of basic emotions.

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Keywords: verbal affective vocabulary of a child, primary school age, assessment of verbal designations of basic emotions, semantic differential, differential diagnosis of basic emotions.

Journal rubric: Psycholinguistics

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2021140310

Funding. The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant No. 19-013- 00958, “Dynamics of Induced Emotional States in Primary and Secondary School Children”.

For citation: Khoze E.G., Basiul I.A., Lupenko E.A., Yuryeva M.V., Marinova M.M. Semantic Similarity and Difference in the Estimate of Verbal Designations of Basic Emotions by Young School Children and Adults. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2021. Vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 138–151. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2021140310. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Evgeny G. Khoze, PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Practical Psychology,Associate Professor, Department of General Psychology,Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9355-1693, e-mail: house.yu@gmail.com

Ivan A. Basiul, Junior Researcher. Laboratory of Cognitive Processes and Mathematical Psychology, Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lecturer of the Department of General Psychology, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Research laboratory assistant, Institute of Experimental Psychology of MSPPU, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3153-2096, e-mail: basul@inbox.ru

Elena A. Lupenko, PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4026-7581, e-mail: elena-lupenko@yandex.ru

Mariya V. Yuryeva, Laboratory Assistant, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5137-6169, e-mail: yurevamv@mgppu.ru

Mariya M. Marinova, Assistant Director of the Institute of Experimental Psychology, Academic Services Specialist, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Postgraduate Student, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8862-4007, e-mail: marinovamm@yandex.ru

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