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 asDevelopmental 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.

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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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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 Development

Psychology, 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 Sciences

Psychology and Care in Mental Health in Primary Care

Cooperation from an Evolutionary Perspective

Violence Prevention in a Violent Country