O radości i strachu w dziecięcych konceptualizacjach

Abstract

The article presents ways of conceptualizing two emotions, namely joy and fear by ten and twelve year olds. The author studies children’s answers to the questions of “What is joy?” and “What is fear?”, constituting a kind of definitions of both concepts. The categories derived from dictionary definitions of emotions are used to the analysis of particular facets in children’s responses. She defines definition types made by learners and indicates features typical of conceptualizing emotions by children. Additionally, she draws conclusions concerning children as such, as the nature of definitions tells a lot about their authors.