Psychology in Brazil, 1st ed. 2019 Scientists Making a Difference
Coordonnateur : Koller Silvia Helena
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.
Foreword
Preface
In Search Of Integration
Building Community Psychology in Brazil as a Tool for Change and Social Well-being
Interrelationships between Health and Child Development: Research and Preventive Interventions at Early Ages
Brazilian Studies on Social Skills and Social Competence
Human Values: Contributions from a Functional Perspective
Relation in Social Psychology: A Central Concept to understand Human Being, Groups and Society
Child Development in Context: From Clinical Remediation to Promotion in School
Vulnerable Children and Youth – Innovative approaches from the Psychology of Social DevelopmentPsychology, for What? For Whom? – Ethical and Political Commitments for this Profession in Brazil
Looking in History for Novel Integrated View of Theory and in Method for a Reversal Reconciliation Between First and Third Person Perspective
A Post-constructionist Approach to Social Psychology
Understanding Human Development As A Product Of Our Evolutionary History And Situated In Cultural Context: A Personal Trajectory
Psychology, History and Culture: The Field of the History of Psychological Knowledge
The Study of Childhood and Youth – Dilemmas and Choices of a ‘Southern’ Academic
On Becoming a Brazilian Full Professor in Psychology
Advancing Facet Theory as The Framework of Choice to Understand Complex Phenomena in the Social and Human SciencesPsychology and Care in Mental Health in Primary Care
Cooperation from an Evolutionary Perspective
Violence Prevention in a Violent Country
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.
Presents to the English speaking community an overview of the research done in one of the world’s emerging centers of psychological investigation
Brings together personal accounts of top researchers explaining their main contributions to the field
Contributes to the internationalization of Psychology and to the development of cross-cultural approaches
Date de parution : 05-2019
Ouvrage de 381 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 116,04 €
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Mots-clés :
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