Rodrigo Lopes Miranda

The beginnings of behavior analysis laboratories in Brazil: A pedagogical view.

We introduce the history of behavior analysis in Brazil at the beginning of the 1960s. The behavior analysis laboratory was selected as the focus of this investigation. The time frame of our historical account begins with the visit of Fred Keller to Brazil as a visiting professor at the Universidade de São Paulo. During this period, the first behavior analysis laboratory in Brazil was created, and the first Brazilians were trained in the behavior analysis perspective. We will talk about (a) the zeitgeist of Brazilian higher education, in general, and of psychology, in particular, at the beginning of the 1960s; (b) the background of Kellers arrival in 1961; (c) the reception of the behavior analysis laboratory as a pedagogical tool; and (d) the first steps in the spread of behavior analysis throughout Brazil by means of the work of the didactic behavior analysis laboratory. Our account highlights certain aspects of the beginnings of behavior analysis as a field of scientific study in Brazil. Furthermore, we can observe the importance of the behavior analysis laboratory and its instruments in helping promote this field in Brazil. We especially note that the laboratory was a pedagogical tool in the Brazilian movement to improve Brazils research community. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).

The role of a laboratory of experimental psychology in the Brazilian education renewal of the 1930s.

In this article, we present the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology at the Belo Horizonte Teachers College (Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Professores de Belo Horizonte) during its early years (1929-1932). The Laboratory is examined in the context of the prevailing public discourse on primary education and its renewal in Brazil. To achieve our goal, we describe the Belo Horizonte Teachers College and its Laboratorys director, tools, and functions. In presenting these aspects, we highlight the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology as an important place that promoted contact with psychological instruments, techniques, and theories. It contributed to the training of teachers and produced psychological knowledge for elementary education in Brazil.

Recepción del conductismo en Argentina y Brasil: Un estudio de dos universidades, 1960-1970

Fil: Polanco, Fernando Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Humanas. Departamento de Psicologia. Laboratorio de Investigacion en Ciencias del Comportamiento; Argentina