Psychology

Summary of Disciplines

CODE Course - (number of class hours) Number of credits - Pre-requisite Where: CODE - is the course's code; Course - is the course's name; (number of class hours) - is the distribution of class hours (Lecture classes - Exercise classes - Laboratory classes); Number of credits - is the course's number of credits; Pre-requisites - are the courses that must be taken prior to registering at this course Example: ART 1023 Geometric Drawing I - (2-0-2) 4 - ART 1022 CODE - ART 1023; Course - Geometric Drawing I; (number of class hours) - Lecture classes: 2; Exercise classes: 0; Laboratory classes: 2; Number of credits - 4; Pre-requisites -ART 1022

PSI 1800 THE GENEALOGY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
(The psychology of personality and of subjectivity processes) - (4-2-2) 6 cr
The individual as a new subjective organization. Different human perspectives toward understanding subjective organization: the individual, the person, the subject, the organism, personality, I, the self, the subject of the unconscious.

PSI 1801 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Subjectivity: Freud - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Basic principles of the Freudian theory.

PSI 1802 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Subjectivity: The British School -- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Basic principles of the British school theory.

PSI 1803 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Subjectivity: Lacan -- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Basic principles of the Lacanian theory.

PSI 1804 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Subjectivity: Jung-- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Basic principles of psychoanalytic psychology.

PSI 1805 Social Approaches to Subjectivity-(2-0-0) 2 cr
Main approaches to the social construction of subjectivity.

PSI 1806 Current Issues in Psychology I -(2-0-0) 2 cr
Current issues in contemporary psychological dynamics.

PSI 1807 The History of Psychology in Brazil-(2-0-0) 2 cr
Introduction and development of different psychology areas in Brazilian centers of knowledge construction; how developments relate to changes in the Brazilian society: pioneers and initial directions; consolidation and institutionalization; the current scenario.

PSI 1808 History of the Psychoanalytic Movement-(2-0-0) 2 cr

PSI 1809 Roots of the Psychoanalytic Thought-- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Early conceptions in psychoanalytic theory

PSI 1810 Current Issues in Genealogy-(2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in the psychological dynamics

PSI 1811 Current Issues in Genealogy-(4-0-0) 4 cr
Contemporary issues in the psychological dynamics

PSI 1820 NEUROBIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY - (4-2-2) 6CR
Evolution theory and its breakdowns: ethology, biological psychology and social biology. Information redefinition of biology: neuroscience. Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the nervous system and their clinical implications. Ethical issues.

PSI 1822 Neuroscience and Behaviour - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Neural and biological bases of the psychological processes. Ethical issues.

PSI 1823 Current Issues in Psychology II - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in Neurobiological psychology.

PSI 1824 Neuro Psychology - (4-0-0) 4 cr
The history of neuro psychology. The superior neuropsychic functions. The Nervous System neuropsychologic pathologies. Description and evaluation.

PSI 1825 Theoretical Perspectives in Neuroscience- (2-0-0) 2 cr
Major theoretical approaches in neuroscience. Analysis of the psychological consequences in the light of subjectivity structuring.

PSI 1826 Issues in Neurobiological Psychology- (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in neurobiological psychology.

PSI 1827 Issues in Neurobiological Psychology- (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in neurobiological psychology.

PSI 1830 THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
(Research and Statistical Procedures) - (4-2-2) 6 cr
Science and methods. Logics and scientific discourse. Experimental research and statistical techniques.

PSI 1831 Quantitative Methods -- (4-0-0) 4cr
Criteria for determining the research design. Procedures for data gathering, coding, and analysis.

PSI 1832 Issues in Scientific Methodology I - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in Scientific Methodology.

PSI 1833 Statistical Applications in Psychology- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Descriptive and inferential statistics.

PSI 1834 Psychometrics - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Introduction to methods of assessing psychological phenomena. Test Design. Validity and standardization. Applicability parameters.

PSI 1835 Research Studies I - (0-0-8) 4 cr
Guided research under the direction of a senior faculty member.

PSI 1836 Research Studies II - (0-0-8) 4 cr
Guided research under the direction of a senior faculty member.

PSI 1837 Issues in Psychology III - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in scientific methodology

PSI 1838 Issues in Scientific Methodology II - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in Scientific Methodology.

PSI 1839 Qualitative Methods -- (4-0-0) 4cr
Criteria for determining the research design. Procedures for data gathering, coding, and analysis.

PSI 1840 BASIC PSYCHOLOGIC PROCESSES
(General and Experimental Psychology) - (4-2-6)
Cognitive, motivational and emotional processes, and learning and verbal processes.

PSI 1841 Cognitive Science -- (2-0-0) 2 cr
Computer-based models of the mind. Computer-based simulation of mental processes: artificial intelligence. Computer-based simulation of biological processes: neuronets.

PSI 1842 Creativity - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Concepts and theories. Analysis of creative behaviors and their relation with intelligence and development. The implications of creativity in psychological adjustment. Strategies to boost the creative process.

PSI 1843 Cognitive Approaches to Human Thought - (4-0-0) 4cr
Basic principles of Piagetian and non-Piagetian theories

PSI 1844 Experimental Analysis of Behavior -- (4-0-0) 4cr
Assumptions and major tenants. Analysis of behavior within a reinforcement perspective.
Major applications.

PSI 1845 Issues in basic psychological processes - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in basic psychological processes.

PSI 1846 Issues in basic psychological processes - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in basic psychological processes.

PSI 1847 Issues in basic psychological processes - (4-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in basic psychological processes.

PSI 1850 PSYCHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT - (4-2-2) 6 cr
Analysis of human developmental phenomena across the life span. Understandings of development and methodological aspects. Institutional practices and human development. Ethical issues.

PSI 1851 Subjectivity processes in childhood and adolescence - (4-0-0) 4 cr
The concepts of childhood and adolescence: points of reference and points of departure. Transformations, rites of passage and insertion of time and space. Identity and gender construction.

PSI 1852 Childhood, adolescence and society -- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Childhood, adolescence and the consumer society. The new technologies and cultural production. Socio-cultural diversity.

PSI 1853 Development in the toddler period- (4-0-0) 4cr
The genetic-evolutionary approach. Language and cognition. Socio-cultural interaction and affective relations. Games and pranks.

PSI 1854 Senior age - Identity and society - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary theories and approaches. Family, social and cultural interactions: gains, losses, and departures. Types of psychological counseling.

PSI 1855 Issues in Psychology V - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in human psychology and development.

PSI 1856 Adolescence: Controversies and perspectives - (2-0-0) 2 cr

PSI 1857 Issues in Human development - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in human psychology and development.

PSI 1858 Issues in Human development - (4-0-0) 4cr
Contemporary issues in human psychology and development.

PSI 1860 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY - (4-2-2) 6 cr
Critical approach to the history of the mental illness concept: what is normal and what is pathological. Psychiatric nosology. Phenomenology of the psychological functions for anamnesis and psychopathological briefings.

PSI 1861 Issues in psychopathology I - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in psychopathology.

PSI 1862 Psychological approach to clinic conditions-(4-0-0) 4 cr
Psychoanalytic and phenomenological approaches.

PSI 1863 Psychosomatics - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Historic perspective. Conceptual field. Clinic status. Intervention techniques.

PSI 1864 Issues in psychopathology I - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychopathology.

PSI 1865 Childhood Psychopathology - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Neurological, psychological, and psychiatric disorders.

PSI 1866 Issues in Psychology VI - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Issues in contemporary psychopathology.

PSI 1867 Psychopharmacology - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Therapeutic action of the psychopharmacos: limitations and value. Ethical issues.

PSI 1868 Drug Addictions - (4-0-0) 4cr
Dependency on chemical and psychic drugs, legal and illegal ones. Ethical issues.

PSI 1869 Psychiatric Approaches to Clinical Conditions - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Psychiatric Classification: DSM and CID.

PSI 1870 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - (4-2-2) 6 cr
Conceptualization, historical overview and interfaces with other fields of knowledge. Analysis of interpersonal processes, in group and intergroup relations. Social representations. Methods of investigation and intervention in the social arena.

PSI 1871 Group Dynamics - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Different theoretical approaches. Experiencing interpersonal relations in a group. Techniques to coordinate and evaluate in-group processes.

PSI 1872 Psychology and Culture - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Contextualizing and applying concepts, theories and practices in psychology. Reflecting about how to insert psychology in the Brazilian reality, based on anthropological and sociological studies.

PSI 1873 Brazilian Collective Unconcious - (2-0-0) 2 cr
The unconcious as part and parcel of the socio-historic reality and of subjectivity processes. Contributions of historical anthropology and its research on the Brazilian social milieu.

PSI 1874 Gender Issues - (2-0-0) 2cr
The social construction of gender. Gender and sexuality. Contributions of psychoanalysis and of social anthropology.

PSI 1875 Issues in Psychology VII - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in social psychology.

PSI 1876 Group Dynamics II - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Contemporary issues in social psychology.

PSI 1877 Issues in Social Psychology - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in social psychology.

PSI 1878 Issues in Social Psychology - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in social psychology.

PSI 1890 LANGUAGE, COGNITION AND SUBJECTIVTY - (4-2-2) 6Cr
Mental and representational understandings of language. Social understandings of language. Redefinition of language and inner experience. Consequences for psychological practices.

PSI 1891 Social construction of subjectivity - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Social structures, processes and practices and the construction of the subject.

PSI 1892 Psychology and Everyday Life - (4-0-0) 4cr
Current everyday life and how it reflects on the construction of subjectivity.

PSI 1893 Issues in Psychology VIII - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in language, cognition and subjectivity.

PSI 1894 Issues in language, cognition and subjectivity - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in language, cognition and subjectivity.

PSI 1895 Issues in language, cognition and subjectivity - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in language, cognition and subjectivity.

PSI 1900 PSYCHOLOGY AND INSTITUTIONS-(4-2-2) 6cr
Ideology and power. The control of space, knowledge, body, work and its institutions. The role of psychological knowledge in the makeup and maintenance of institutions. Institutional changes. Ethical issues.

PSI 1901 Psychology and Justice-(4-0-0) 4 cr
Characteristics of the sphere of action; the place of the psychologist: boundaries and scope. Ethical issues.

PSI 1902 Psychology and the Community-(4-0-0) 4cr
Characteristics of the sphere of action; the place of the psychologist: boundaries and scope. Ethical issues.

PSI 1903 Psychology and Health-(4-0-0) 4cr
Characteristics of the sphere of action; the place of the psychologist: boundaries and scope. Ethical issues.

PSI 1904 Institutions and Social Practices - (2-0-0) 2cr
Institutions as spaces for historically constituted practices.

PSI 1905 Issues in Psychology IX - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in psychology, institutions, and social practices.

PSI 1906 Psychiatric Reform in Brazil - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in psychology, institutions, and social practices.

PSI 1907 Issues in Institutional Psychology - (4-0-0) 4cr
Contemporary issues in psychology, institutions, and social practices.

PSI 1908 Issues in Institutional Psychology - (4-0-0) 4cr
Contemporary issues in psychology, institutions, and social practices.

PSI 1920 PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC - (4-2-2) 6cr
Basic precepts in psychological evaluation and criteria for making differential diagnostics. The dynamics of invariances in view of socio-cultural diversities. Overview of the methods and instrumentations for psychodiagnostics. Ethical issues.

PSI 1921 Techniques for Observing and Interviewing (2-2-2) 4cr
Types of interview and methods of observation. Objectives and spheres of application. Classical model of anamnesis. Ethical issues. Clinical practicum.

PSI 1922 Techniques for Psychodiagnostic Evaluations-(2-2-2) 4cr
History, characteristics and specific applications of the main techniques. Norms and parameters to apply them. Ethical issues. Clinical practicum.

PSI 1923 IQ, Aptitude, and Interest Tests-(2-2-2) 4 cr
History, characteristics and specific applications of the main techniques. Norms and parameters to apply them. Ethical issues. Clinical practicum.

PSI 1924 Psychological Evaluation Report-(2-2-2) 4 cr
Types of reports and their spheres of application. Guidelines for producing and writing. Ethical Issues. Clinical practicum.

PSI 1925 Issues in Psychology X - (2-0-0) 2cr
Contemporary issues in psychodiagnostic.

PSI 1926 Issues in Psychodiagnostic - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychodiagnostic.

PSI 1927 Issues in Psychodiagnostic - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Contemporary issues in psychodiagnostic.

PSI 1930 PSYCOTHERAPIES - (4-2-2) 6 crThe construction of knowledge in everyday clinical practice. The clinical situation and the therapeutic relation. Psychoanalysis and psycotherapy. Overview of different theoretical approaches to and modalities of psycotherapy. Ethical Issues.

PSI 1931 Psychoanalytical Clinic -- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1932 Existential and Phenomenological Psychotherapy - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1933 Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1934 Jungian Psychotherapy - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1935 Corporeal Psychotherapies - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1936 Brief Psychotherapy - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1937 Family and Couple Psychotherapy - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1938 Child Psychotherapy Techniques - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Conceptual sphere. Main techniques.

PSI 1939 Adolescent Psychotherapy Techniques - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Conceptual sphere. Main techniques.

PSI 1941 Group Psychotherapy - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere. Clinical situation. Theory of the techniques.

PSI 1942 Issues in Psychology XI - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychotherapy.

PSI 1943 Issues in Psychotherapy - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychotherapy.

PSI 1944 Issues in Psychotherapy - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychotherapy.

PSI 1950 PSYCHOLOGY, WORK, AND ORGANIZATIONS - (4-2-2) 6 cr
Organizations as complex systems. Organizational culture and environment. Psychology and organizations: planning, strategies, and management of human resources. Changes and conflicts in the organizational dynamics: diagnostic and interventions. Ethical issues.

PSI 1951 Psychology in Work Relations - (2-2-2) 4 cr
Design and application of research techniques and instrumentations and of evaluation techniques and instrumentations in the organizations. Ethical issues.

PSI 1952 Professional Counseling - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Conceptual sphere, methods and instrumentation. Conflicts involved in decision-making.

PSI 1953 Development and Training of Human Resources - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Understanding concepts and the interface with other areas of knowledge. Career Planning. Design of training programs and techniques. Development of competencies and behavioral changes. Ethical issues.

PSI 1954 Issues in Psychology XII - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychology, work, and organizations.

PSI 1955 Psychology and Productive re-structuring (2-0-0) 2 cr

PSI 1956 Issues in psychology, work, and organizations - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychology, work, and organizations.

PSI 1957 Issues in psychology, work, and organizations - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Contemporary issues in psychology, work, and organizations.

PSI 1960 PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION - ( 4-2-2) 6 Cr
Historical account of the contributions of psychology to the field of education. The role of the psychologist in education. The field within an interdisciplinary perspective. Ethical issues.

PSI 1961 Educational and School Psychology -- (4-0-0) 4 cr
Learning failure. Development theory, teaching practice and pedagogic procedures. The makeup of the subject, knowledge construction, and school context. Information Technology and teaching.

PSI 1962 Psychology and Special Education - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Psychological characterization of those who hold special needs. Diagnostic modalities, counseling, and office. Special methodologies for teaching and learning. Creativity, giftedness, and the development of potentialities.

PSI 1963 Issues in Psychology XII - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychology and education.

PSI 1964 Issues in Psychology and Education - (2-0-0) 2 cr
Contemporary issues in psychology and education.

PSI 1965 Issues in Psychology and Education - (4-0-0) 4 cr
Contemporary issues in psychology and education.

PSI 1970 MONOGRAPH - (0-6-6) 6 CR - 162 Credit hours
Discussion, planning, and production of a monograph on a theme selected by the student.

PSI 1971 MONOGRAPH - (0-6-6) 6 CR - PSI 1970
Discussion, planning, and production of a monograph on a theme selected by the student.

PSI 1980 Internship A - 12 cr - 192 Credit hours
Practice supervised by faculty in the area chosen by the student and with previous approval of the academic coordination board.

PSI 1980 Internship B - 12 cr - PSI 1980
Practice supervised by faculty in the area chosen by the student and with previous approval of the academic coordination board.