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Art has always been an object of study and performance tool for Psychology professionals in Brazil. In order to increase the knowledge on this relationship, the present study aims to characterize as Art has been used by psychology professionals in the country. The method used was the bibliographical and exploratory research in databases on production of scientific papers on the use Art by Psychology in Brazil from 2004 to 2014. 318 abstracts from six categories of analysis of articles that had been analyzed were selected: year of publication, type of study, theoretical references, artistic expression type, field in Psychology and objective of the work. After the analysis it was concluded that, in Brazil, there is a predominance of theoretical and epistemological work in literary and visual arts, based on psychoanalytic theory, aimed at theoretical / conceptual expansion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we analyze the meanings of professional training and the process of insertion of psychologists who work in the Special Social Protection Service for Disabled people, Elderly and their Families (SEPREDI/SUAS). For this purpose, six professionals from three cities in Santa Catarina were interviewed. The information was obtained through in-depth interviews and analyzed from the meaning cores. The theoretical perspective was based on the dialogue between Socio-Historical Psychology and the feminist perspective of Disability Studies. The results indicated the need for initial and continuing training to prepare psychologists to deal with the complexity of the demands present in services such as SEPREDI. The dialogue of sociohistorical psychology with the field of disability studies with a feminist matrix was the theoretical perspective adopted, understanding disability as a transversal and political experience. The results analyzed from the meaning cores pointed to the need for initial and continuing education to prepare psychologists to deal with the complexity of the demands present in services such as SEPREDI. Furthermore, they indicate the importance of public examinations aimed at selecting professionals for SUAS being specific to this field of work. The relevance of an intersectional, intersectoral training that is attentive to the guarantee of human rights is highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims at offering an interpretation of the ideas and assumptions underlying Jean Amery's ethics of resentment, and also at projecting his ideas into the contemporary debate on transitional justice. By engaging with Amery's works this paper brings light to the different psychological, moral and temporal dimensions that underlie the processes of dealing with legacies of collective violence that continue to haunt democratic societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pregnancy in adolescence is a psychosocial phenomenon, whose understanding refers to the passage in the European continent of the feudal system for a capitalist, in the Modern Ages, when the concepts and senses of "adolescence" changed to new significations. Under Social Representation Theory (SRT)'s perspective, this paper proposes to analyze the Social Representation (SR) about the pregnancy in the adolescence present in Psychology Productions. It was conducted through the literature review of the national scientific productions. Across the search in the databases Catálogo de Teses e Dissertações (CAPES), BDTD, BVS e SciELO, were selected Productions of the Graduate Programs in Psychology, which has "pregnancy in the adolescence" like study topic under the SRT' perspective. The data were analyzed based on a qualitative approach, being used the technique' Category-based Content Analysis for organization the materials. Was organized four categories under the thematic class "SR about the pregnancy in the adolescence": pregnancy in the adolescence; social support network and public policies; contraceptive methods and condoms; and future perspective. The results evidenced contradictions in the social representations about pregnancy in adolescence when associated with the be adolescent and/or with the idealized pregnancy, as well as the influence of socioeconomic factors. It can be concluded that it is part of the ethical commitment of Psychology, understanding that pregnancy in adolescence is a psychosocial phenomenon that rises multiple social representations, this must be historically, socially, and economically contextualized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Sports in Nature involve inhospitable places, unpredictability, risks from the natural environment and various emotions. To try to understand the psychological aspects involved in these activities, the research focused on the survey of studies already carried out focusing on these sports. OBJECTIVE: Identify the articles published in Brazil, about Sport Psychology that presented Sports in Nature as a central modality. METHODS: The Integrative review method was applied, with 6 steps: 1. Identification of the theme (relationship between Psychology and Sports in Nature), choice of databases (Scielo, Lilacs), with identified descriptors; 2. Inclusion and exclusion criteria; 3. Identification of the selected studies (640 found, 12 selected); 4. Categorization of studies; 5. Analysis of the results; 6. Presentation of the review. RESULTS: In total, 640 papers were found, from which 12 articles were selected that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. From the full reading, there was a discussion on the topics covered and the identification of gaps, new questions for investigations and the possibilities of professionals in Physical Education and Sport Psychology in the context of Sports in Nature. CONCLUSION: Several psychological aspects are involved in the field of Sports in Nature, such as choosing the sport, safe practice, taking advantage of the benefits of these sports and even training and acting as instructors. From the research included in the present study, it was possible to verify the scientific production in several themes such as mood states; motivation, adherence; flow state; concentration; self-knowledge; behaviors; self-confidence and self-efficacy, as well as it allowed to envision the Physical Education professional as a mediator of these practices in the midst of nature and as a possible promoter of a more positive life, a contrasting factor to the scarcity of scientific production in this area in the Brazilian scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a brief discussion about Work psychology, in Brazil, and its interfaces with the Work clinics and the Worker's health field. Our starting point is the set of papers presented by Brazilian researchers in the "France-Latin America Symposium". A methodological cut has allowed us to elect these disciplinary fields by reading titles, reviews and paper references. The texts showed a significant convergence between the following themes: social and critical orientation, keeping interest in the working subjects ; the complexity and singularities that lead their work experiences ; the processes of constitution, the psychic and political-social commitments of these workers. We believe that a synthesis of the researches presented in this colloquium reflects the current moment of the Work Psychology in Brazil, in its connections with the Work Clinics and the Worker's Health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on recent discussions about the definition of behavior and the selection by consequences approach conducted by Brazilian researchers, this essay discusses the need for greater participation of the contributions from experimental behavior analysis this debate and more interaction of the field with other systems in Psychology. The paper criticizes its isolation with respect to knowledge production in other areas and the adoption of authority figures from which novelties in the field can be evaluated. Hence, Skinner's model of selection by consequences must be analyzed in context for a clear understanding of its most important contributions to Psychology. The essay argues that discussions on the operant-responder distinction and about metacontingencies are examples of conceptual revision based on data and articulation between areas of research with different epistemologies and methodologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the psychoanalysis subjects taught in psychology programs in the state of Acre by the syllabus and bibliographies of the corresponding disciplines, available on the curricular pedagogical projects of the four existing programs. A descriptive and qualitative study was conducted based on documentary sources investigated by content analysis. The results indicated syllabuses that emphasize Freudian teachings and a preference for national publications. Lack of classes on psychoanalytic research and clinic beyond the classic model stands out amidst the identified gaps, calling for changes that may subsidize investigations and practices in the Amazon context, fomenting the development of this approach aiming at the formative journey that the Freudian discipline requires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Image, cinema and psychology - this article weaves a dialogue between these three extensive and complex topics to develop theoretical-conceptual approaches between art and science. From the cinematic art, some of its technical resources and concepts developed by this language, the article seeks to provide a bridge between the field of aesthetics and reflections on the process of subjectivation. The paper finds grounds on Deleuze's philosophy of image and time and Benjamin's understanding of the image as a substance shapes thought and time as an eternal instant that never ceases to update itself. Both theories are approached in a dialogical way to establish intersections with other cinema and cultural thinkers, as well as with some film works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Psychopharmacology is an important scientific field for psychologists' practice. Over the last years, in several countries, there has been given an increasing importance to psychopharmacological training for psychologists. The aim of this paper was to perform a study recurring to an exhaustive analysis of the curricula of all Portuguese Higher Education institutions that teach Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in psychology to verify which of them offer curricular units on psychopharmacology. For that purpose, data from Direção Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES) site and webpages from higher education institutions were collected during the month of July, 2021. The results indicate that training in psychopharmacology does exist, however, it is scarce. Within the 97 Bachelor and Master Degree courses in psychology analyzed, only 11 curricular units about psychopharmacology were identified. From those, three are taught at the same institution. Overall, these data suggest that the training in psychopharmacology given to psychology students is residual. At the end of the article, we discuss implications of these results for psychologists' training and potential consequences for the professional practice of Portuguese psychologists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examines some key places in G. Vico's work, De antiquissima Italorum sapientia ex linguae latinae originibus eruenda (1710), in which the distinction between physics and metaphysics is never transformed into absolute distance, just as the heterogeneity of the infinite with respect to the finite is not dissolved. This is the great theme of the new metaphysics, concerned with reconciling itself with 'our religion', Christianity, and the limits of human reason in controversy with 'the first true meditated by Renato Descartes'. Man is not only the meeting point of nature and spirit but also the place of evil, of original sin, and yet vis veri, according to Augustine's lesson that helps correct Malebranche. The theoretical novelty lies in the assimilation of the ingenious faculty to the formative forces (memory, imagination and fantasy) capable of carrying out synthetic operations, devalued by Cartesian gnoseology and psychology. If the verum is the factum, the latter is the fruit of 'fictiones', i.e. of mental constructions made by the ingenium and its 'eye', the 'phantasy', capable of referring the metaphysical prototype of the divine truth to human operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This systematic review aimed to identify scientific publications about psychologist's performance in the socio-educational context, from 2007 to 2018. Searches were carried out in the LILACS, PEPSIC and SCIELO databases, by using the descriptors "psychology" or "intervention" combined with "adolescent in conflict with the law", "infractional act" or "socio-educative measure". 242 papers were accessed and their abstracts were read to identify those that approached the subject, remaining 22 articles for the final review. Through the thematic content analysis of the materials, we created four categories: 1) Psychology techniques applied to the demands of socio-education; 2) Listening as the main tool; 3) Working with groups and 4) Art and Sports as dimensions of interest for psychology. Considering the data that were analyzed, it is understood that the psychologist's performance must essentially contribute to build new possibilities in adolescent's lives, respecting their singularities and understanding the peculiarities of their stories. It was also possible to observe that the existence of barriers to the development of effective socio-educational practices calls on the psychologist to expand the repertoire of practices that were traditionally consolidated, which demands to create devices that make sense for these adolescents, considering their contexts and the history of their lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work we try to know the ways in which the portuguese science writing, mainly the national social science and psychological writing, appears in the biggest scientific databases of the world. To reach that aim we research the national scientific production using PorData; Scimago; Scopus; Web of Science and the Journal of Citation Report. We wanted to know the kind of scores use to evaluate the scientific impact; the authorships patterns; the paper's main themes; the presence of national scientific journal in the international arena. Finally, we wanted to identify other metrics that started to show up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Philosophy of Science became an autonomous discipline in approximately 1922 giving rise to the Vienna Circle. The main purpose was to define precisely the concept of 'science' in order to be able to decide univocally which manifestations of human thought should be considered scientific and which others should be excluded to the plane of pseudoscience. With regard to psychology, North American behaviorism agreed with the basic stances of the Vienna Circle, giving a central value to experiments and controlled observations. In concern to Psychoanalysis, the Argentine philosopher Mario Bunge suggested that "[...] it is the most interesting and successful of the pseudosciences [...]" (Bunge & Ardila, 2002, p. 122), assuming a concept of traditional 'science' that is deeply embedded in the social imaginary of western culture. In Latin American faculties of Psychology certain social representations are constantly widespreading, probably inspired by the deficient traditional teaching of philosophy of science at high school and universities too. In this paper we will try to settle down the grounds to develop a philosophical-pedagogical project in order to achieve a superior proposal for the teaching of Philosophy of Science in the career of Psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents results from a qualitative phenomenological research that aimed to understand the experience of professionals who care for women in situation of violence in a Social Assistance Specialized Reference Center (CREAS). After individual dialogical encounters with two psychologists and four social workers, the researcher wrote a comprehensive narrative and a synthesis narrative containing the following significant elements of the experience as a whole: (1) the participants realize that some professionals that are part of the women's care network repeat prejudiced attitudes that contribute to the patients' victimization; (2) the participants do not see themselves as protagonists in the institution's decision making, which leads to feelings of frustration and powerlessness; (3) they develop empathic attitudes and identify with the stories lived by the patients and (4) they seek to assist the women, they feel lonely because of the lack of effective action by the women's care network; still, they value their own work. There is a need for interdisciplinary studies that integrate information about the experience of professionals, patients and authors of violence, in institutions of the care network for women in situation of violence -- in order to help overcome the problems pointed out and improve public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years there has been an explosion of scientific work on consciousness in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and other fields. It has become possible to think that we are moving toward a genuine scientific understanding of conscious experience. But what is the science of consciousness all about, and what form should such a science take? This paper gives an overview of the agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing is a form of expression that goes far beyond pencil and paper. Many artifacts and materials have been used by man over time to record our history. By means of a bibliographical study, the aim of this work was to present a new theory about childish drawing called the Dynamic and Aesthetic Perspective. This perspective divides the development of childish drawing into stages, in the same way as the classical theories, however, differs from them when it proposes that the expression of emotional states through the child's scribble is already possible at around 2-3 years of age, in the phase called expressive scribbling. The scribble is more than the gesture's consequence; it is not motivated solely by motor pleasure and seems to be able to express emotional states. The Dynamic and Aesthetic Perspective functionally integrates biological, psychological, and social aspects into the description of a fluid process in the evolution of the drawing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study presents an integrative literature review about deinstitucionalization of sheltered children and adolescents. To achieve this goal, we have mapped papers in the CAPES Portal, SciELO or Lilacs and published between 2003 and 2019 within the area of psychology. There were found 24 articles in accordance with the established criteria. The main topics covered in the articles were: family, adoption and deinstitutionalization after reaching full legal age. It was found that there was an expansion of the studies about the shelter and deinstitutionalization processes and that it is seen in ambiguous ways, sometimes being treated as a protective alternative, sometimes referred to as harmful to the sheltered person. It was possible to notice there is a lack of studies about deinstitutionalization after reaching full legal age. This is a serious gap, since a great amount of adolescent leave the institutions through this way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the place of therapeutic-educational processes with people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD is described as a developmental disorder that affects a person’s social interaction, communication, behaviors, and sensory processing. The reflections present in this work start from the discussion of how the theoretical-methodological constructs from the evolutionist perspective and the semiotic-cultural constructivist perspective in psychology can contribute to the understanding about the development of the person diagnosed with ASD, as well as about the positioning of ethical responsibility in the educational therapeutic processes with these people. It is noteworthy that, when talking about understanding and therapeutic-educational intervention on the development of people diagnosed with ASD, processes linked to phylogenetic, ontogenetic and sociogenetic levels of selection/variation of personal and collective ways of functioning in the person-culture relationship are involved. It is concluded that semiotic-cultural mechanisms - such as health and education - assume their position as regulatory and ethical responsibility movements on people diagnosed with ASD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to provide discussions and reflections on the role of psychoeducator face problems arising from lack of positive affectivity in the family or child's school. The research aims to examine the relationship between affective / learning difficulty which guides the intervention of educational psychology and suggests new tools for educators, parents and students. Objective evidence through literature searches and case studies conducted during the probationary period, where it was accepted monitor and diagnose a child of nine years, who presented a learning disability. After two months of monitoring at the clinic in Indiara psychopedagogical, GO, was identified that the lack of positive affectivity generated in the process of learning disabled children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper aims, through a systematic literature review, at identifying and understanding the main themes in the Portuguese research in the prison context, identifying future research opportunities. The analysis of 41 papers allow the authors to identify 6 typologies of studies in this field, namely, empirical studies with adult samples, juvenile samples and prison staff, studies that work on the adaptation and validation of measures, intervention programs and theoretical papers. Thematically, the research with adult forensic populations, which represents 18 out of 41 papers, focuses on the psychopathology and personality disorders domains. The results allow the conclusion that psychological research in the prison context has focused in classic psychological themes, from the clinical domain, collecting data from inmates. The authors identify the use of multilevel approaches and research in the organizational, occupational, educational and human sexuality domains as opportunities for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes in what way Jacques Lacan opens a new path to approach the mystical experience in the light of psychoanalysis. The French master compares the path of the analyst to the one undertaken by the mystic and thus goes against the trends in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis that pathologized this phenomenon at that time and reduced it to hysterical or psychotic symptomatology. Lacan also draws an intimate connection between the goal of the analysis and the achievement of an opening to the feminine field. Following the path suggested by this author, we suggest distinguishing the notions of Other jouissance and jouissance of the Other, providing elements for a differential diagnosis between mystical experience (marked by desubjectification) and psychotic outbreak (marked by subjective annihilation). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Grounded on the philosophy of language of Wittgenstein and some of his commentators, this paper aims to discuss the calculation and the mathematical writting in situations of teaching and learning. In different contexts, learners must mobilize different techniques: in everyday life, on the market, for example, the student solves "calculations in his head" in their commercial relations; in school, students must learn to do calculations on paper and they learn to objectify/formalize the calculations using mathematical writing, learning, thus, a new skill. This fact shows that when the student has success with calculations in your everyday life and do not perform well in school, this means he lacks skills to work with mathematical writing. We seek to show also that in both situations, both in the calculation in the head as in the calculation on paper, it is not an internal mental process, once the student applies rules in the public domain that are learned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes actions taken by a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS, type II) in 2015, in a municipality of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We conducted a retrospective, descriptive-exploratory study based on secondary data source accessed by means of Tab for Windows (TabWin), which led to the conclusion that the CAPS is fully able to develop intersectoral, multidisciplinary actions that aim to promote mental health, prevent aggravation and support people to tackle crisis situations. We also highlight how essential studies are that provide discussions on how to increase the participation of users in the mental health sector and to promote participatory spaces in society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes actions taken by a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS, type II) in 2015, in a municipality of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We conducted a retrospective, descriptive-exploratory study based on secondary data source accessed by means of Tab for Windows (TabWin), which led to the conclusion that the CAPS is fully able to develop intersectoral, multidisciplinary actions that aim to promote mental health, prevent aggravation and support people to tackle crisis situations. We also highlight how essential studies are that provide discussions on how to increase the participation of users in the mental health sector and to promote participatory spaces in society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The systematization of knowledge about individual's emotional aspects in amputation surgery situation is necessary, both for preparation and professional training of psychologists who act in the area and for the patients involved. This article aims at elaborating a literature review about emotional aspects in the life of patients submitted to limb amputation. The method was a literature review, prioritizing a retrospective character. The selection was based in indexers of scientific production (PePSIC, SciELO, LILACS), covering the period 2009-2014. As results, we found ten studies. There is a scarcity of publications about the theme; the majority of papers are in periodicals focused on Nursery; the studies do not include the family relations or relation doctorpatient; most of them treat about the emotional aspects of the patient during the period of postoperative. We conclude that the scarcity of works and the characteristics of those that already exist point to the necessity of new studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Homeless people are one of the primary targets of assistance policies in Brazil because they are exposed to numerous vulnerabilities. Such a fact led to the creation of public policies and development of the Center service for homeless people. This paper aims to analyze the intervention research conducted in a Center for the Homeless Population. With such research, we seek to develop and implement intervention strategies related to theoretical contributions of psychology and psychoanalysis for homeless people. We describe and analyze activities such as drawing workshops and films developed to problematize subjective and social conditions of users from a Center for the Homeless Population. It is worth emphasizing the working importance for that population care in particular, and how the knowledge processes are intrinsic to meet changing opportunities in the lifestyles of these people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to evaluate, through theoretical and scientific papers, the benefits that Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) can provide to children who have some neurodevelopmental impairment. The benefits of human-animal contact has been known since antiquity, but studies around this area are starting to grow only currently. Therefore, we performed a critical review of the literature by analyzing the data collected using content analysis. The results showed the potential benefit of this type of intervention to children with social, cognitive and physical disabilities. The most commonly used animals were dogs and horses for treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities. Thus, there are possibility for psychologists and other professionals of health areas use or referee this kind of intervention to their patients. Still, we can conclude that there is a lack to more empirical studies using AAT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: Through literature review, to present a theoretical approach on the "body image" highlighting the "body shape concern" and the psychometric properties of the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ). Method: Bibliographic survey of the studies published between 1987 and 2012 that were fully available in the Pubmed, Bireme and Scielo databases. The search and selection of the papers was made between January and March 2013. Results: Initially, 95 papers were reviewed, however, only 40 papers and one book were included in this study. Some studies evaluated individuals' body shape concern and subsequently reported that measured the body image concern, however, the body shape concern is just an aspect of body image. There are significant differences between genders regarding body concerns and these should be considered when choosing an instrument. There are several instruments to evaluate different aspects related to body image. The BSQ is the most used instrument to assess individuals' body shape concern. The psychometric properties of BSQ are not consensual in the literature when applied to different samples. The need of further studies is suggested in an attempt to get a more stable factorial structure of the BSQ. Conclusion: This study aimed to alert professionals to the importance of analyzing the theoretical concept related to the different aspects that compose the construct of body image, considering the individuals' gender and the psychometric properties of the measuring instruments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to suggest the use of vignettes to explore how individuals interpret situations where there is ambivalence in relational characteristics with partners. Therefore, it was investigated how individuals in a software producer firm interpret concrete transactional situations and elaborate their perceptions of the relationship between trust and control. Respondents were presented vignettes. Upon their reaction to these vignettes, we collected qualitative reports that display how their assumptions led to "closure" of the situation. The analysis of the data suggests that this "closure" occurs through several alternative mechanisms: 1. selective censorship of conflicting signals, 2. inclusion of nonexistent assumptions in the original narrative, 3. focused search for additional information, and 4. critical reflection on co-responsibilities. This paper sought to use the approach of Swidler (2001), where the use of vignettes seeks to highlight the cultural elements mobilized in the interpretation, formation of judgments and establishment of metaphors and analogies by individuals. The adoption of a mechanism over the other may have important implications for inter-organizational relations research. From a methodological point of view, the exploratory research approach combined with the use of vignettes might be an interesting qualitative tool, especially in contexts where the researcher is interested in opening the "black box" of a variable of interest. This approach allows a privileged access to individuals' repertoire of narratives. Each vignette reflects a situation that places the interviewee in a situation where she is led to evoke values, beliefs, attitudes and narratives that would not be collected otherwise. Thus, this paper suggests that the development of vignettes are an important exploratory tool, not only for theoretical, but also for business teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to analyze the contents of published research in the field of the psychology of physical exercise during the last decade. For this purpose, papers presented at major national and international conferences on the subject of the psychology of sport and exercise were analysed, together with articles published in major journals in this field during the last decade. To this end, associated descriptors were used associated with physical activity (e.g. exercise, physical activity, health, wellbeing, quality of life), excluding papers with descriptors applied to the fields of sport and physical education in schools. Based on the number of papers presented at events and specialist articles published in scientific journals, we found that the psychology of exercise represents about one third of all papers presented in this field of psychology. Despite the growing interest that has been identified during the last decade, there has been a certain levelling out in the number of papers presented at national and international congresses. It was also possible to verify that the level of attention given to this branch of knowledge varies depending on the journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimes to contribute to the analyzes of Caldas and Wood Jr (1997) concerning to the concept of identity. That concept has been developed in Organization Studies under the propositions of Albert and Whetten (1985). In that way, identity concept has been defined by the following characteristics: centrality, distinctiveness and continuity. Nevertheless, a new paradigm has been emerging within social science. In this paper, we present a synthesis on how the concept of identity has been discussed in Social Psychology and Cultural Studies. For both theoretical perspectives, the ideas of centrality and durability are put into doubt, as identity is seen as dynamic and fragmentary. Besides that, we intend to show how the new paradigm is getting formed within Organizational Studies, especially considering international context. Considering that the emerging organizational ideas concerning identity show proximity with those proposed by Social Psychology and Cultural Studies, we raise possible questions that the new paradigm will have to face. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to explore how in his last book Bergson moves away from the meaning assigned to the condition of civilized and primitive both in the common sense and in the science of his time. I intend therefore to show that the philosopher is successful in deviating from the meanings thus crystalized by the language only if, wriggling from the strict circumscription of certain fields of knowledge, he dares to operate a methodological transgression which, beyond scientific objectivity, at the same time carries out an effort of introspection and contemplates the perspective more general of life. By doing so, there appears the notion of "fabling function" that comes to reveal an archaic dimension of the primitive which not only persists in the civilized but that ultimately turns into one of the elements that makes the survival of the species viable. Furthermore, it will be seen that, according to Bergson, attributes generally associated with the development of civilization and to the contemporary Western man are equally experienced by the so-called primitives or uncivilized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to present the academic production on the theme of race and theme developed at the Institute of Psychology at USP (IPUSP). Therefore, we analised theses and dissertations produced at IPUSP between 1970 and 2012 that made use of these categories to understand subjective, social, and political phenomena. Among other aspects, we found that the studies analyzed are divided mainly into three main areas, namely: denouncing racism, ways of subjectivation of racism, and strategies to overcome it. However, it is arguable that there are few studies that deal systematically with the deconstruction of racism, as well as with methodologies and techniques through which psychologists could contribute for the anti-racist struggle in Brazilian society. So to speak, there is still a gap in knowledge of psychology and race relations that should be looked deeper into by psychologists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To present the Queer perspective is to act in a provocative and challenging way, especially when we, agents and professional psychologists who operate in the correctional environment, are transfixed by its impetuous and sagacious power. Transvestite bodies of subjects convicted in the prison system, who are stigmatized as wicked or obscene bodies by the other imprisoned bodies, and who are judged on the basis of their sensual pleasures. Transvestites in the correctional system appear as bodies that are already condemned and subject to the penalties of law. However, they find new ways to exist in a different context, which is ruled by the correctional institution, and provides different ways of feeling, thinking, wanting, acting and living. In this paper we present, in a critical way, discussions proposed under a Queer perspective, as described in various sources in the literature, providing opportunities for new questionings and debates about a differenceoriented vision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the phenomenon of violence against women and prerogatives of the Maria da Penha Law (Law 11,340), this paper analyzed the methodologies of social intervention of the extension project "Education and Psychosocial Care for Men Authors of Spousal Violence" in Manaus / Amazonas. The project supported the Education and Offender Accountability Secretariat of State of Amazonas Justice, in partnership with the Federal University of Amazonas. The tour was named "Group of meaning in Construction". These methods were analyzed by Documental research with qualitative approach. The methodologies were considered innovative in the northern region in contemplating the sociocultural relations, using language as the main instrument of dialog and accountability, potentiating care of self and other in marital and present an alternative service. To analyze the effectiveness of methodologies favors the reflection of social practices and professional make considering the complexity and dynamics of psychosocial phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Design for emotions can be based on user research. These researches have the role of feeding the design process with information that allows designers to establish design guidelines that have the potential to increase the probability of achieving the intended emotional impact over users. This paper explores the basis of Appraisal Theory, a cognitive theory of emotions from Psychology, which off ers, since its adaptation to the Design field (Desmet, 2002), a way to understand the triggers (probable causes) of certain emotions associated to design elements. In this paper, the author also suggests research methods to develop these studies, including example and a critical evaluation of its applicability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at investigating empirical researches on therapeutic riding published between 2004 and 2014. We seek to verify characteristics of the samples, psychological constructs assessed, assessment tools, and psychological effects attributed to the processing of therapeutic riding. We analyzed twenty empirical studies, the vast majority of them were held with children and adolescents, six studies were done with people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The measurement techniques mostly used were: interviewing techniques; behavioral observation; questionnaires; quality of life scales; functionality scales and specific groups scales. The most obvious results of therapeutic riding in the psychological context involved decreased anxiety and gains in social relationship. Gains in cognitive aspects were not clear. Comparing Brazilian and international studies, we have a lack of control group and of reliable measurements in both cases, but Brazil, does not seem to have a psychology culture in use research based on evidence in therapeutic riding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the meaning of the experience of motherhood as a mystical sense, relating to motherhood feminine spirituality. For that, theoretically discourses the themes of Shadow and the numinosity feminine principle of motherhood, the symbolic and religious notions of the feminine mystique and the archetypal imagery of the religious dimension of motherhood, using the assumptions of the analytical approach of Jung's psychology. Thus by observing the strong Christian influence in Western culture, affirmed by the scientific literature on the subject, the Marian model of motherhood is studied, as well as what can be symbolic and what can be diabolic in the experience of motherhood for the contemporary woman. Finally, this paper presents a discussion of motherhood as an experience to archetypal woman, expressed through symbols and providing integration and expansion of self consciousness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The subject of otherness in Melanie Klein is approached from her notions of "objects". At first, this paper sets her work within a general panorama of psychoanalytic theories, in a perspective that focuses the importance of the other in different conceptions about the psyche's constitution. Then, reflecting on notions of "partial object", "whole object", "internal object", "external object", "external world" and "external reality", this paper considers the limits and possibilities of the experience of otherness in Klein's work. Her ideas are characterised by a philosophical conception that simplifies the notions of reality and creates conceptual impasses, limiting the reach of the otherness in her work. Despite that, her formulations emphasize, in an original way, aspects of the subject and mainly of the object, giving special importance to the experience of otherness [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Psychological assessment in the context of transit has been evident in Psychology in recent years amid the changes in legislation and questions about its validity. So can develop and achieve their goals it is necessary to understand trends and gaps concerning what has been researched in recent years. The present study compared published articles in the database Pepsic and Scielo and papers presented in the four editions of the Brazilian Conference of Psychological Assessment. From the keywords driver, psychological assessment, transit and drives, there were selected 22 articles and 38 papers at the congress, dated between 2000 and 2009. The results showed in general, an increased interest in the area. A larger number of papers at the congress was found, in order to verify that the most of research results do not reach effectively for publication. Among the studies reviewed, there is prevalence of empirical studies focused mainly on the investigation of personality and attention, using a large variety of instruments (n = 24), most are not specific to the context of traffic, and apply in their majority in driver's candidates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Family Health Strategy focuses on actions to promote health, developed by its professionals along with the community. In the immanence of this group we find lines that develop reflexive processes that can release the production of a creative know-how. In this sense, the inclusion of psychology in the Family Health Support Nucleus (NASF) can contribute to the fulfillment of an expanded clinic in primary health, critical to the so-called healthy models, mostly orthopedic and modeling, open to trials and worried about reconnecting clinic/politics/production of ways of life. In this paper we question some demands of Family Health teams addressed to the NASF psychologist, their production, ethical and political implications for clinical practice and resulting subjectivity processes. It sought to analyze and map discourses, possible dialogue and assemblages, whose expressions are translated as demands for health professionals. In many cases, these demands express moral considerations, idealized forms of health and well-being. We bet that the construction of the clinic is the product of a collective desire, able to withstand the mechanisms of capture and disciplining of life. This paper proposes that, starting from the daily challenges, the team will be able to discuss, question and become stronger enough to claim healthy ways, free of pre-established standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to trouble the epistemological differences between the psychiatric medicine and the psychoanalysis and since the psychiatry makes use of his medical power-knowledge to regulate the "truths" of the science on the abnormal behaviour and the pathological psyque. The article makes use of some emblematic registers to summarize a line of action of the psychiatry for maintenance of his majority condition like práxis of psychological intervention near the society. Initially, some epistemological distinctions will be put, in order to establish the theoretical and practical differences between the psychological, psychoanalytic and psychiatric clinics, which they integrate what Foucault called a function-psi. The objective is to become evident that the scientific community diversities and the impacts on the knowledge of the human psyque that are imposed like knowing for the clinic they are expressions of an epistemological plurality with ruptures on the method and biomedicine cognitive presupposes. The argument will be placed on the psychoanalysis through Freud's position about the psychoanalyst's formation in defending the lay analysis. From these discussions will be analyzed a paper published in a medical journal in 1965 where some psychiatrists are interviewed about the legislation of the psychologist profession in Brazil. As in relation to psychoanalysis, at Freud's age, as in relation to psychology when it was regulated, the attitudes are similar , since it is considered dangerous the clinical activity in the psy field by non-physician professionals, who are called lays. The updating discussion appear in the debate continuity about the health area regulation by medicine, on the medicine regulation way proposed in two bills being that the last remains more than six years in the National Congress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This conceptual study aims to narrate and describe the definitions of psychology facing theoretical and operational aspects. Based on the current scenario where there are disparate considerations on the concept of psychological science and the definition of human behavior, this paper will address to solve this condition regarding four different ways: academia, literature, free market and Neuropsychology. Then, Neuropsychology is presented as a way to resolve this ambiguous situation. Finally, this study claims that the criterion that should be used to evaluate if a particular area of knowledge, or a discipline, is part of psychological science lies in evidences, but never in rhetorical or imagery appeal. This work fosters not only the critical thinking, but also effective actions on the psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows some of the results from a doctoral research on the educational and school managers training to the beginning of XXI century, in the context of decentralization and trends of educational reforms in Latin America at the end of 1980s and 1990s. Guided by a qualitative, bibliographic and documentary research, the methodological procedures had reference in studies conducted by international organizations, such as: UNESCO, ECLAC and ILPE as well as scholars from different management paradigms, considering the Latin-American education systems' needs. In Brazil, we sought to understand the requirements of transformation of local competences in planning and educational management after implications and managers training initiatives within this new reality. Therefore, it was analyzed for comparative purposes, three educational and school managers training programs in public schools: Management Circuit Program; Distance Learning Program for School Managers and the Managers' School Program of Public Basic Education. It was intended to identify the trends of each program for educational and school managers training, with a view to the changes occurred in our society and education and the requirements to acquire new skills and abilities. As conclusion, the research indicated that although the training programs have originated from different instances and explain various guidelines, everything converges to the same set of skills in educational and school managers training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper talks about the complex process of adolescence in relation to the teaching and learning process in the contemporary world, under the scope of the intersection between the fields of Psychology and Computers in Education based on an experience developed at "Colégio Pedro II", a state school located in city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The interrelation between the two areas of knowledge- psychology and Computers in Education - has motivated the search for a way to stimulate the interest of young learners for formal knowledge, focusing on our reflection and observation on the school subject which has echoed our questioning - Music. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Winnicott was one of the main theorists of psychoanalysis that stressed human communicability from the “mirroring function” and mutuality in the mother-infant relationship. The objective of this paper is to analyze the importance of mirroring at mental health of baby through a “triple helix narcissistic” that emphasizes continuous reciprocity at mother look to her baby and from baby to his mother, while both enjoying an experience of mutuality. These experiences can be observed when the mother feed the baby or through games and play with the maternal environment. To corroborate this thought, the author presents a clinical vignette showing the mirroring function during feeding of a child with congenital malformation of the esophagus, by your doctor and its relationship to develop the communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aware of the contribution of the literate elite to British imperialism, this paper investigates, by examination of fictional texts and essays by Victorian writers and literary critics such as Alfred Tennyson and Matthew Arnold, the instrumentality of gender in the invention of racial difference that sought to justify the colonization of Ireland. Through the sources investigated, we found that the Celts were feminized as antitheses of the "manly" Anglo-Saxons because of their alleged emotional and intellectual weakness, being thus equated to metropolitan women in representations which amalgamated racism and sexism. Thanks to the concatenation between racial and gender stereotypes, the antinomy male/female allowed the elaboration of disjunctions aimed at naturalizing asymmetries between empire and colony under the alibis of "natural" gender complementarity and hierarchy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bullying consists of a set of intentional and repeated violent attitudes by one or more aggressors against their victims. It is normally practiced in schools by people of both genders to intentionally harm a person or a group of persons who in the aggressors' opinion are weak people and do not "fit" in the milieu in which they are inserted. Bullying has been a concern in contemporary society due to the high number of cases producing horrible scenes in school. The victims of bullying may develop different psychic or physical diseases due to violence, which may impair school performance through low concentration, lack of interest in studies, learning difficulties, causing exclusion, school truancy or quittance due to the student's fixation that the school is a place of torture and segregation. School administration should acknowledge what happens to the students and pinpoints the factors that interfere in learning. In fact, bullying is a determinant with regard to decrease in school performance. Violence is a problem within the conviviality of students in the school and it may go beyond its boundaries. Consequently, it must be perceived and attacked systematically. Further, parents have an important role in its solution. The paper deals with bullying within the school and its interference in the learning process, coupled to the family's role for the solution of the problem. El Bullying - que en español también puede ser conocido como acoso - es una palabra de origen inglesa que refiere un conjunto de actitudes violentas de carácter intencional y repetitivo, realizado por uno o más agresores, contra sus víctimas, siendo una práctica encontrada en el entorno escolar, la cual es realizada tanto por chicos como por chicas, con la finalidad de agredir intencionalmente una persona o un grupo de personas, considerado por los agresores, como personas débiles y que "desentonan" del medio donde están inseridas. La preocupación con el bulling es creciente en la sociedad contemporánea, una vez que se observa la cantidad de casos que generan verdaderas barbaries en el entorno escolar. Las víctimas del bulling, debido a la violencia sufrida, podrán desarrollar distintas enfermedades psíquicas y/o físicas, las cuales pueden comprometer el desarrollo escolar a causa de la disminución de concentración, desinterés gradual por los estudios, dificultad de aprendizaje, lo que puede llevar a la exclusión, faltas y evasión escolar, una vez que el alumno victima toma la escuela como un local de sufrimiento, de segregación. La escuela, además de conocer como ocurre el proceso de aprendizaje, debe percibir aquello que ocurre con sus alumnos, reconociendo los factores que interfieren el aprendizaje de estos, siendo el bulling un hecho determinante en lo que se refiere a la disminución del rendimiento escolar. Siendo así, esa violencia, se muestra como un problema para la convivencia de los alumnos en la escuela que puede, incluso, traspasar sus fronteras, debiendo, por ello, ser observada y combatida de forma sistemática. Además, no basta que esa práctica sea conocida y combatida en la escuela para que se logre su disminución, ya que los padres poseen un papel importante en la solución de ese problema. De esta manera, se busca analizar el fenómeno Bulling en el entorno escolar, y su interferencia en los procesos de aprendizaje y el papel de la familia en la disolución del conflicto. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on searching some of the strategies used in knowledge production based on the challenges and opportunities created by the Actor-Network Theory (ART) in the area of psychology research. As a starter, we have used a survey conducted by us, in which we cast a special look at the field of social projects such as the action territories that render materiality to the so-called Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). Two aspects have proved to be quite rich: the idea of the Promising Misunderstanding (DESPRET, 1999) and the Mapping Controversies (Latour, 2005). We have concluded that the methodological an ontological power of these concepts that, on one hand, multiply voices and versions and on the other hand recognize provisionality, partiality and incompleteness of any updated diagnosis, it also compromises the researcher with what he/she "brings to exisencet" in the research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]