Abstract

ALVAREZ-RAMIREZ, Leonardo Yovany  and  CHACON-AFANADOR, Jorge. Mental representations about law in children and adolescents. A epigenetic studies review. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.1, pp.37-48. ISSN 1692-715X.

The present study had an objective of establishing the trends and limitations of the results of mental representation epigenetic studies about the law with participants between 7 to 17 years old. A documentary review searching technique was used in psychological scientific databases, giving 104 references, of which 78 were used in this study. The findings show that epigenetic postulates that there are three levels of understanding of the law in European, Australian, American and Latin-American minority samples which depend on previous understandings of community, social organization, State and nation. Understanding of law shifts from an understanding of the presidential government to an understanding of governance and representation in later adolescence.

Keywords : Law; epigenetic; adolescents; representation.

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