Possibilidades de uso da teoria das representações sociais para os estudos pessoa-ambiente

Abstract

The environmental problems generated by the human behavior are old, but they are aggravated with the technological advance, in way the concern with the destination of our planet is also a concern with the relations the people establish with the environment. Environmental psychology inquires to construct clarifying models for such interaction, considering the reciprocal influence between the person and the environment. Among others contributions to environmental psychology, the social representations' theory has shown of great value for the understanding this complex relation. In the environmental field the social representations' theory has an undisputed value in the search of the social dynamic's understanding. It allows knowing cognitive and symbolic processes that guide the practical ones directed to the world around us. This theoretical study inquires to place in guideline the contributions that the social representations' theory can bring the understanding the relation between person and environment.