Community psychology emerged in Brazil in the mid-1960s, seeking to de-elite the profession, on the one hand, and on the other, seeking to improve the living conditions of the working population, through the use of psychology theories and methods in low-income communities. income. Community psychology works start from a survey of the needs and shortcomings experienced by the client group, ...

Hello friends! Hard bread, for those who don’t know, is that person who prefers to eat old, hard bread, instead of buying new bread. Not that the taste is for hard bread, the reason is financial, that is, to save money. It’s a perfect image for a miserly person. Avarice, one of the seven deadly sins, is a word that ...

Know the differences between Bipolar Disorder Types I and Type II and Depressive Disorder. Hello friends! Many people don’t know, but there are two types of Bipolar Disorder. In this text, we are going to talk about the history of Bipolar Disorder, the confusion that can exist in the diagnosis with Depressive Disorder and about the difference between Bipolar I ...

You have probably already used some of these terms in your vocabulary, the most common probably being: “So-and-so is an extrovert”. But do you really know what it’s like to be an extrovert? According to Jung, consciousness is expressed by attitude (introversion and extroversion). In the case of extroversion, the individual worries and channels his energy towards the environment, towards ...

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Learn about the active imagination technique, used in CG Jung’s Analytical Psychology therapy. Hello friends! CG Jung was the creator of Analytical Psychology. Graduated in medicine and specialized in psychiatry, he initially had a career linked to Experimental Studies and then joined the newly created psychoanalytic movement, becoming the 1st President of the International Psychoanalytic Association. Due to theoretical and ...

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” (Eistein) Hello friends! Well, if you’re reading this text, it’s a sign that you agree that people make mistakes. We make mistakes and, many times, the mistakes are considerable, and may even influence the lives of other people. Therefore, we assume that we make mistakes. But how to deal with these ...

Hello friends! Although this text was published a while ago, it will be part of our Free Online Neuroscience Course. In order to continue the study of the area, this text corresponds, therefore, to our 3rd Lesson. See too: Lesson 1 – What is neuroscience? Lesson 2 – History of Neuroscience The term neuropsychology was first used in 1913 in ...

Hello friends! Our website is now more than 5 years old, has more than 1100 texts and more than 10,000,000 hits. We received visits from people interested in psychology not only from Brazil, but also from other countries. With so many people familiar with the site, I get a lot of questions about psychological theories but also questions about how ...

There is a very common idea that in childhood a person experiences a trauma – which causes a mark for life. Psychology, then, would help to overcome this trauma. Actually, it’s not like that! In this text you will learn more about the emergence of childhood – because the idea of ​​childhood did not exist until very recently – and ...