Abstract

FRAIJO-SING, Blanca Silvia; BARRERA-HERNANDEZ, Laura Fernanda; TAPIA-FONLLEM, Cesar Octavio  and  ORTIZ-VALDEZ, Anaís. Exploración del concepto naturaleza a partir de redes semánticas naturales en estudiantes de educación básica. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.2, pp.233-242. ISSN 1794-9998.  https://doi.org/10.15332/s1794-9998.2018.0002.03.

The goal of this study was to describe the conception of “nature” in 272 primary school children, and to analyze similarities and differences according to grade. (172 women and 94 men). As a general result, 203 was the network size of words defining “nature”, and 21 words were included in the network core; those with greater semantic weight were: trees, plants, caring, sun, water, flowers, land, among others. On the other hand, networks were analyzed by grade, and words common to all nuclei (SAM set) of the semantic networks were trees, animals, water and sun. Also, an increase in the size of semantic networks was observed according to grade, excluding the network of the first grade of Elementary School that included words not pertinent to the stimulus.

Keywords : Nature; semantic network; environmental psychology; children.

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