Contribuições da análise do comportamento na escola: experiências do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Psicologia (PSSP) da PUC Goiás

Abstract

Some contributions of behavior analysis on schools: Experiences from the Psychology Stricto Sensu Graduate Program (PSSP) at PUC Goiás. The Psychology Stricto Sensu Graduate Program (Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu – PSSP) at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC Goiás) was authorized in 1999. Behavior analysis is one of the fields of study in the program. Throughout 20 years it produced 115 dissertations and theses based on radical behaviorism. About 13% of the projects were conducted in a school environment. This study presents some of this production. We introduce three research groups, namely: mathematical behavior and teaching mathematics; reading; and adequate (prosocial) and inadequate (aggressive) behavior. We discuss how the geographical location (Centro-Oeste region of Brazil) is one of the factors related to knowledge production; and point out the facilitating and limiting aspects led by the program's location.