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February 2007
Social Representations between Greeks and Jordanians: A comparative study
The present paper refers to a comparative study of Social Representations (SRs) for a sample of 1207 Greek and Jordanians primary school pupils (653 from Rethymnon city of Greece and 554 from Zarka city of Jordan). The data were collected through an open-ended questionnaire. Conceptually, three directions of images or social representations were formulated; positive, neutral and negative. The results clearly show that the direction of images for both samples was moved towards neutral SRs, as depicted by the quantity of statements. The study also revealed that the main source of information about their social representations to each other was the school for the Jordanian pupils and television for the Greek pupils. (more...)Posted on February 2007
February 2007
Interview with Professor Remi Kouabenan, University Grenoble II France
Professor Remi D. Kouabenan is Professor of Psychology Applied in Work and Organizational Psychology at the University Pierre Mendès France Grenoble II, France and the coordinator of the master of Psychology Applied in Work. He received his Ph.D in 1982 at the University Paris V, Sorbona and “École Pratique des Hautes Études” (the psychology applied in work laboratory). His research is focused on the explanation of the accidents’ factors and prevention strategies, the perception and prevention of the accidents’ risks, the cognitive processes in work, behavior related to transportation. (more...)
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February 2007
THE ARCHETYPAL FEMALE IN MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION: THE ANIMA AND THE MOTHER
This study explores, in two parts, two of these archetypal entities: the anima and the mother, and how they manifest as goddesses in the myths of various cultures and sometimes combine with each other. Part one describes the two archetypes, their characteristics and manifestations, and how they can be divided into three categories or realms: goddesses of the underworld, the earth, and the sky or celestial realm. It details the difference between the anima in male consciousness and the animus in female consciousness. Using a personal dream example and Jungian theory, it then demonstrates that the anima in dreams and mythology can be relevant to women as well as men. Focusing on the anima, it then explores the underworld – the myths and entities of this shadowy realm as an expression of the unconscious mind of the individual and whole cultures. Part two extends the exploration to the animas and mothers of the earth and sky, and how in these realms, the mother excels. (more...)
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February 2007
The International Symposium “Theory and practice in the profesionalization of the school/educational psychologist - a challenge for the 3rd millennium", Bucharest 2006
Between 25- 28 September took place in Bucharest, the capital of Romania the International Symposium "Theory and practice in the profesionalization of the school/educational psychologist - a challenge for the 3rd millennium”. (more...)
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February 2007
Interview with Professor Hans Spada, vice-rector of Freiburg University
Professor Spada took his PhD at University of Vienna in 1969.Since 1980 Chair of Psychology Professor Spada is the head of the “Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychologie” Cognition-Emotion-Communication, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg. The main fields of research of Dr. Spada are: cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer supported coopera¬tive learning, environmental psychology.
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TA Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis.
Transactional analysis is a theory of personality that can be applied in virtually all fields of psychology: educational, counseling, organizational and psychotherapy. Besides the theory on personality, TA also provides us with a theory of communication, a theory of child development, and a theory of psychopathology. (more...)
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Cock Fights and the Balinese Male Psyche
This essay deals with the social, religious and sexual dimensions of cockfighting in Bali and the roles it plays in Balinese culture. It considers unconscious attitudes Balinese men may have about their penises and hidden anxieties they may have about circumcision and castration generated by attendance at cockfights. (more...)Posted on February 2007
Semiotic mediation, psychological development process and social representations: towards a theoretical and methodological integration
This article proposes the integration of the subjective, developmental and cognitive aspects of the semiotic processes in a psychological context, and the historical, institutional and ideological fundamentals of sign systems in a sociocultural context. It revisits certain arguments for the rejection of the mind-body dichotomy, investigates the implications of this rejection in terms of the relations thought / language, individual / collective and cognition / emotion, and establishes relations between the process of semiotic mediation and the theory of social representations. It proposes, both theoretically and methodologically, a psychosocial synthesis for human psychological development, forming the basis for psychological intervention in social interaction situations, based on three main points. The focus group is used not simply in order to treat and develop a particular object through conversation, but as a procedure for psychological intervention and a locus of change, presupposing a sequence of group situations, each based on what was produced the previous time. (more...)
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Ethics and Psychology
The psychologists are talking every day about diversity and universality in psychology. Is diversity a hindrance or an element which helps the development of psychology? But what is, in fact, the ideal of psychology? Psychology is a science who proposes to discover the entire human diversity and to integrate this diversity into its own methods. But for this, there must be founded the causes of these differences between human beings. And these causes derive not only from the differences between the singular identity of each human being, from the professional or social identity, but also from the cultural identity. (more...)Posted on February 2007