Psychology in Brazil

1. Front Matter

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2. In Search of Integration

   • Jairo Eduardo Borges-Andrade

   Pages 1-21

3. Building Community Psychology in Brazil as a Tool for Change and Social Well-Being

   • Jorge Castellá Sarriera

   Pages 23-28

4. Interrelationships Between Health and Childhood Development: Research and Preventive Interventions at Early Ages

   • Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares

   Pages 29-40

5. Studies on Social Skills and Social Competence in Brazil: A History in Construction

   • Zilda A. P. Del Prette, Almir Del Prette

   Pages 41-66

6. Human Values: Contributions from a Functional Perspective

   • Valdiney V. Gouveia

   Pages 67-81

7. Relation in Social Psychology: A Central Concept for the Understanding of the Human Being, Groups, and Society

   • Pedrinho A. Guareschi

   Pages 83-101

8. Child Development in Context: From Clinical Remediation to Promotion in School

   • Edna Maria Marturano

   Pages 103-116

9. Vulnerable Children and Youth: The Psychology of Social Development Innovative Approaches

   • Silvia Helena Koller

   Pages 117-145

10. For What and for Whom? Ethical and Political Commitments for Psychology in Brazil

    • Raquel S. L. Guzzo

    Pages 147-166

11. Looking in History for Novel Integrated View on Psychological Science and Method

    • William Barbosa Gomes

    Pages 167-193

12. A Post-Constructionist Approach to Social Psychology

    • Mary Jane Paris Spink

    Pages 195-208

13. Understanding Human Development as a Product of Our Evolutionary History and Situated in Cultural Context: A Personal Trajectory

    • Maria Lucia Seidl-de-Moura

    Pages 209-224

14. Psychology, History, and Culture: The Field of the History of Psychological Knowledge

    • Marina Massimi

    Pages 225-238

15. The Study of Childhood and Youth in Brazil: Dilemmas and Choices of a “Southern” Academic

    • Lucia Rabello de Castro

    Pages 239-256

16. On Becoming a Brazilian Full Professor in Psychology

    • J. Landeira-Fernandez

    Pages 257-281

17. Advancing Facet Theory as the Framework of Choice to Understand Complex Phenomena in the Social and Human Sciences

    • Antonio Roazzi, Bruno Campello de Souza

    Pages 283-309

18. Psychology, Mental Health, and Primary Care

    • Magda Dimenstein

    Pages 311-331

19. Cooperation from an Evolutionary Perspective

    • Maria Emilia Yamamoto

    Pages 333-343

20. Violence Prevention in a Violent Country

    • Lucia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Williams

    Pages 345-359

This book presents an overview of the work of the most important Psychology researchers in Brazil, contributing to the internationalization of the discipline and fostering cross-cultural approaches in the field. Over the last two decades, Psychology research has experienced an enormous growth in Brazil, which has placed the country among the ten nations with the highest scientific output in the area. A big part of this output, however, remains inaccessible to the majority of the international community because it’s mainly published in Portuguese. This book intends to overcome this barrier, presenting a highly relevant sample of the best Psychology research produced in Brazil to those who are unable to read in Portuguese.

In each chapter, a top Brazilian researcher is invited to present a summary of his/her main contributions to the field. The result is a rich overview of the main areas in which Brazilian psychologists have concentrated their work over the last decades, such as Developmental Psychology, Community Psychology, Educational and School Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Health Psychology, History of Psychology and Social Psychology.

By putting together such a wide array of topics, Psychology in Brazil – Scientists Making a Difference offers a rich overview of the research in the country to psychologists, educators and social scientists in general interested in cross-cultural approaches within the Behavioral Sciences.  

• Cross-cultural Psychology
• Internationalization of Psychology
• Brazilian Psychology
• Psychology of the Global South
• North-South divide in science
• History of Psychology in Brazil
• Developmental Psychology in Brazil
• Educational and School Psychology in Brazil
• Health Psychology in Brazil
• Psychological Assessment in Brazil
• Social Psychology in Brazil
• Community Psychology in Brazil
• Evolutionary Psychology in Brazil
• Intercultural studies in Psychology

• Psychology Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  Silvia Helena Koller

Silvia Helena Koller is a full professor at the Psychology Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and at Optentia, North West University, Vanderbijlpark  South Africa.  She was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education and Visiting Scientist at Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Koller has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles, edited 12 books, and 50 chapters in edited volumes in national, regional, and international outlets. She also edited more than 10 books in Brazil. She leads an active research group that has conducted numerous empirical studies and developed and/or evaluated programs that focus on promoting social justice; preventing and treating emotional, sexual and physical abuse and outcomes; training teachers and professionals who work with at-risk populations, and fostering economic and international development. Dr. Koller has received funding from the Kellogg Foundation, World Childhood Foundation (WCF), World Bank, Jacobs Foundation, David Rockefeller Foundation, and Brazilian agencies. Through these activities, Dr. Koller has established a major network of contacts and research collaborations throughout the five continents.

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