A proposta desse estudo foi desenvolver e validar um instrumento de avaliação psicológica que permitisse a investigação dos conceitos dos pais sobre a sua participação na construção da autonomia moral dos seus filhos adolescentes. O trabalho teve como base teórica a Teoria do Desenvolvimento Moral de Jean Piaget. Conforme a teoria do Desenvolvimento Moral de Jean Piaget a construção da autonomia é um possível caminho de evolução para o pensamento adolescente. O conceito de autonomia é definido no contexto relacional, em outras palavras, a grande proposta desse processo é a construção de um eu adaptado ao coletivo. As questões que nortearam esta pesquisa foram: O que os pais pensam sobre a sua participação na construção do desenvolvimento da autonomia moral dos seus filhos adolescentes? Que tipos de intervenções representam os seus conceitos sobre: obediência, respeito, justiça e autonomia? O processo de construção e validação do instrumento foi conduzido através dos seguintes passos: construção da escala com assertivas para cada construto, Estudo Piloto realizado para proceder a Validação Semântica, Validação Teórica (a escala foi avaliada por juízes especialistas no campo da moralidade e da psicometria); Validação de Construto (Análise Fatorial Confirmatória). A amostra se constituiu de 860 genitores, pais (20,6%) e mães (79,4%) de adolescentes com idades entre doze e vinte anos. Havia participantes de cada uma das cinco regiões do país (42,8% do sudeste, 20,2% do nordeste, 16,5% do centro-oeste, 11% do norte, e 9,3% do sul) e a pesquisa com os pais foi realizada no ambiente escolar (54,8% na escola pública e 45% na privada). O modelo da escala tinha 36 assertivas. Estas assertivas foram delineadas representando os quatro construtos: obediência, respeito, justiça e autonomia. Os participantes atribuíram nota de 1 a 7 (respectivamente as opções com as quais eles discordaram totalmente e aquelas com as quais eles concordaram totalmente). A Análise Fatorial Confirmatória (LISREL) indicou a propriedade dos quatro fatores: respeito obediência, justiça e autonomia (GFI = 0,933, x²/gl =5,2, RMSEA= 0,0702). A Escala de Concepções Educativas (depois da validação estatística, AFC), finalizou com 25 itens, sendo 4 itens para obediência, 5 itens para respeito, 8 itens para justiça e 8 itens para autonomia. Por conseguinte os resultados da validação de construto forneceram um maior número de itens para autonomia em detrimento da obediência e forneceram um número maior de itens para justiça, que é para Piaget, a mais racional da todas as noções morais, a qual parece ser o resultado direto da cooperação.Os resultados indicaram que as concepções educativas dos pais têm uma tendência para proporcionar a autonomia para os filhos. Mas, os resultados revelaram que houve uma considerável diferença entre as concepções educativas e as intervenções concretas dos pais e seus filhos. Os resultados desse estudo mostraram que a maior dificuldade dos pais para educar para a autonomia moral diz respeito aos tipos de punição, portanto, um problema de justiça retributiva. Os participantes dessa pesquisa demonstraram que eles desejam educar seus filhos para a autonomia, mas suas intervenções não concordam com seus objetivos. / The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument for psychological evaluation that allowed the investigation of the parents concepts about their participation on the construction of their adolescent children´s moral autonomy. The research had as its theoretical basis Piagets Moral Development Theory. According to Piagets moral development theory the autonomy construction is the possible evolutionary way for the adolescents thought. The concept of autonomy is defined in the contextual relationship, in other words, the greatest purpose of this process is the moral construction of ones self adapted to social. The questions which supported this research were: What do parents think about their participation on the construction of their adolescent childrens moral autonomy? What kind of interventions represented their conceptions about: obedience, respect, justice and autonomy? The process of construction and validation of the instrument was being carried out via the following steps: construction of the scale with assertions for each construct; pilot study in order to arranged semantic validation; theoretical validation (the scale was evaluated by judges scholars in the field of morality and psychometrics); construct validation (Confirmatory Factor Analysis). The sample consisted of 860 parents, fathers (20,6%) and mothers (79,4%) of teenagers between the ages of twelve and twenty years old. There were participants from each one of the five different regions in Brazil (42,8% south-eastern, 20,2% northeastern, 16,5% middle west, 11% north, and 9,3% south) and the research with the parents was done on school grounds (54,8% public and 45,% private schools). The scale model had 36 assertions. These assertions were delineated representing the four constructs: obedience, respect, justice and autonomy. The participants attributed notes from 1 to 7 (respectively the options with which they disagree totally and those with which they agree totally). The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (LISREL) indicated the appropriateness of the four constructs: respect, obedience, justice and autonomy (GFI = 0,933, x²/gl =5,2 , RMSEA= 0,0702). The Educative Conceptions Scale (after statistical validation, CFA) finalized with 25 items, being, 4 items for obedience, 5 items for respect, 8 items for justice, and 8 items for autonomy. Therefore the results of construct validation provided a larger number of items for autonomy, too the detriment of obedience, and provided a larger number of items for justice, that is to Piaget, the most rational of all moral notions, which seems to be the direct result of cooperation. The results indicated that the parents educative conceptions have a tendency to arrange autonomy for teenagers. But, the results revealed that there was a considerable difference between the educative concepts and the real interventions of parents and their teenagers. The results of this study showed that the parents main difficulty to educate moral autonomy disrespects the types of punishment, therefore a problem of retributive justice. The participants of this research demonstrated that they wish to educate their children for autonomy but their interventions did not agree with their aims.

One of the standard roles of educational psychologists is to conduct assessment and communicate the outputs in a form of psychoeducational reports, to suggest a guide for appropriate prevention and intervention work with children and adolescents with a variety of special educational needs to their parents, teachers and other professionals. However, the outcome of the examination is often not presented sufficiently, on an adequate level, to become a useful source of information for further work of educators, for reasonable accommodations and support. The presented diploma thesis aims to contribute on the basis of theoretical background and a presented qualitative research to extend a general theoretical framework on real usability of psychoeducational reports, implemented by school psychologists and the possibilities of optimizing the form and content of these reports. Specifically, the point is to improve the efficacy and usefulness of the report and make it optimally usable for the teacher or educational advisor when designing and implementing an individualized training plan for the pupil with special educational needs in an inclusive school-based setting. The thesis tries to map the usefulness of different kinds of psychological reports. Data collection was conducted via interviews. The target group...

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the use of Gestalt therapy as an alternative assessment technique with two primary school girls who have been sexually abused. The empirical study of limited extent, was qualitative in nature and conducted from the interpretivist paradigm. I used two in-depth clinical case studies situated within the context of psychotherapy outcome research as research design. I developed and implemented alternative assessment based on Gestalt therapy and employed observation, interviews, informal discussions, analysis of documentation, a reflective diary, field notes and visual data (photographs and original media) as data collection and documentation methods. I purposefully selected two primary school girls who have been sexually abused as participants in the study. The findings of the study were, firstly, that Gestalt therapy could be used as an effective alternative assessment technique with the target participants as it seemingly provided a safe setting to express emotions, fears and needs related to the trauma of sexual abuse. In this regard, a finding was that the primary participants had to deal with challenging emotions including anxiety, fear, aggression, anger, hatred, rage, sadness and depression. A related finding was that they experienced a need for love, unconditional acceptance, support and protection. Similarly, the study found that they also displayed negative behaviour such as inadequate social behaviour, restlessness and withdrawal from challenging social situations. Most importantly, utilising this mode of assessment rendered insight into the defence mechanisms they employed such as denial, avoidance, suppression and escapism. Secondly, alternative assessments based on Gestalt therapy seemed to have a positive effect on both participants, as indicated by change during and after the process of assessment in terms of emotions, behaviour and the use of defence mechanisms. / Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Educational Psychology / MEd / unrestricted

Objectifs. – Le haut potentiel intellectuel (HPI) concerne tant le champ du normal que celui du pathologique, et s’associe notamment au syndrome d’Asperger chez certains sujets. Aussi, des spécificités communes s'observent chez les enfants HPI comme chez ceux qui ont un syndrome d'Asperger. La reconnaissance et l'accompagnement de leurs particularités est un enjeu d'actualité, et pourtant aucune étude actuelle ne porte sur les relations entre ces deux entités. Dans une démarche exploratoire, cette recherche a ainsi pour objectif de mieux identifier ce qui rend similaire et ce qui distingue des enfants HPI, d'enfants qui ont un syndrome d'Asperger associé à un HPI. Méthode. – Cette étude porte sur l'analyse clinique comparative des bilans psychologiques de 11 garçons HPI et 6 garçons qui ont un syndrome d'Asperger et HPI. Ils ont entre 6 et 12 ans. Le bilan psychologique est composé d'un entretien semi-directif enfant-parents, de deux échelles (l'inventaire d'identification des enfants précoces et l'échelle Australienne du syndrome d'Asperger), de l'UDN-II et de tests projectifs (dessin de la famille, Rorschach et TAT). Résultats. – En terme de vécus et de représentations des protagonistes à l'égard du HPI et du syndrome d'Asperger, on observe communément une grande ambivalence (entre forces et vulnérabilités). En terme de tableaux cliniques, les similitudes se situent dans le fonctionnement cognitif, l'hyper-sensibilité sensorielle, émotionnelle et perceptive ainsi que dans la fragilité identitaire. L'anxiété, les troubles des conduites motrices, les rituels et TOCs et les difficultés sociales sont aussi communs aux deux groupes. Des TSA s'observent également chez les enfants HPI typiques. Les contrastes entre les deux groupes concernent la nature et la diversité des troubles qu'ils rencontrent, ainsi que la nature et l'intensité des particularités relationnelles et sociales. En terme de processus, la fragilité identitaire est commune à tous bien que la vulnérabilité des enveloppes soit plus importante chez les garçons qui ont un syndrome d'Asperger. Chez tous, l'espace relationnel est un terrain fragile, le contrôle rationnel l'emporte sur la liberté fantasmatique et l'angoisse est une angoisse de perte. Discussion. – Les résultats de cette recherche nous permettent d'affirmer que HPI et syndrome d'Asperger s'inscrivent dans un continuum. Ils semblent se faire écho, de même que sur-investissement de la pensée et défenses autistiques. Pour tous, le sur-investissement intellectuel serait force de pare-excitation. Conclusion. – Ce travail invite à poursuivre nos recherches cliniques dans le but de mieux saisir l’enjeu des difficultés de ces enfants et d'améliorer leurs prises en soin. / Aims. - High intellectual potential (HIP) concerns both normal and pathological area, and is particulary associated with Asperger's syndrome in some individuals. Also, common features are observed in children with HIP as in those with Asperger's syndrome. Recognition and supporting of their particularities is a topical issue, but no current or past study have dealt with the relations between these two entities. With an exploratory approach, this research aims to better identify what makes similar and distinguishes children with HIP, from children with Asperger' syndrome associated with HIP.Method. - This study relates on the comparative clinical analysis of the psychological assessments of 11 boys with HIP and 6 boys with Asperger's syndrome and HIP. All of them are from 6 to 12 years old. The psychological assessment includes a semi-structured child-parent interview, two scales (an inventory for gifted children and the Australian scale for Asperger's syndrome), the UDN-II and projective tests (drawing of the family, Rorschach and TAT).Results. - In terms of experiences and representations of the protagonists towards HIP and Asperger's Syndrome, there is commonly a great ambivalence (between strengths and vulnerabilities). In terms of clinical pictures, the similarities are located in cognitive functioning, sensory, emotional and perceptive hyper-sensitivity as well as in vulnerability felt. Anxiety, motor conduct disorders, rituals and OCDs, and social difficulties are also common to both groups. ASD are also seen in typical HIP children. The contrasts between the two groups concerns the nature and the diversity of their disorders, as well as the nature and the intensity of their relational and social particularities. In terms of process, vulnerability felt is common to both groups, although the shell is most vulnerable in boys with Asperger's syndrome. For all, the relational area is a fragile, rational control prevails over opportunity of fantasize, and anxiety is an anxiety of loss.Discussion. - The results of this research allow us to affirm that HIP and Asperger's syndrome are part of a continuum. They seem to echo each other, such as hyperinvestment of thought and autistic defenses. For all, the intellectual hyperinvestment would have a protective function.Conclusion. - This work invites us to continue our clinical studies in order to better understand the challenges of these children and improve their care.

Since the 1970s there has been a rising trend in South Africa for legal professionals to use the services of psychologists in legal proceedings. Psychologists have therefore increasingly started to appear as expert witnesses in court cases. Despite this, the field of forensic psychology in South Africa has yet to be defined and delineated. Currently there are no set guidelines or regulations regarding who is qualified to do forensic work, and no standards against which this work can be measured. Psychology in the courtroom has begun to receive a notorious reputation as a result of this. The Professional Board for Psychology (PBP) of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is investigating the creation of a new category of registration, that of Forensic Psychologist, partly in an effort to manage and address this problem. However, to date little, if any, research has been conducted on the scope of the work presented to the courts by psychologists appearing as expert witnesses. This research aimed to address this gap by analysing a sample of forensic psychological reports. The following aspects were investigated: <ul><li>Who (category or registration, length of registration, etc.) is doing sentencing reports;</li> <li>How (interviews, collateral information, psychometric tests, etc.) these reports are compiled; and</li> <li>Whether these reports measure up to professional expectations as well as adhere to the guidelines of the HPCSA.</li></ul> It is clear from the results of this research that some of the psychologists doing forensic assessments and writing reports do so in an idiosyncratic way. Besides the fact that no uniformity exists, forensic work is sometimes done by psychologists who are not qualified to do so in terms of their registration category and thus their scope of practice. The reports analysed did not always measure up to guidelines or professional standards from abroad (in lieu of local standards or guidelines for reports) and/or transgressions were made in terms of HPCSA policies and guidelines. This situation is understandable in the light of two shortfalls in this field, namely training and regulation. The following recommendations can be made on the basis of this study: <ul><li>That psychologists who are adequately trained and have the proven experience in forensic work, be accredited by the PBP;</li> <li>That guidelines and standards for forensic work be drawn up by the PBP; in addition, that more complete ethical guidelines than those contained in chapter 7 of the PBP’s Rules of Conduct Pertaining Specifically to Psychology also be drawn up;</li> <li>That adequate training at MA level in basic forensic issues be made compulsory, with the option of advanced training for those wishing to specialise in the field; and</li> <li>That lawyers be trained in basic concepts of psychology so as to allow for better selection of an appropriate psychologist to assist them and also to assure effective cross-examination regarding psychological issues in court.</li></ul> If these recommendations were implemented, they could aid in regulating the field, thus producing forensic work of a consistently high quality. This will hopefully help to narrow the gap between the expected and actual interaction between law and psychology. Copyright / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Psychology / unrestricted

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of sandplay psychotherapy, as intervention technique, in overcoming a language barrier, whilst supporting a young vulnerable child emotionally. An empirical study of limited extent was undertaken, which was qualitative by nature and conducted from the interpretivist paradigm. An in-depth case study was used as research design, whilst educational psychological assessment, intervention and re-assessment, observation, interviews, analysis of documentation, field notes and visual data (photographs) were employed as data collection methods. A young Sotho-speaking girl, who resides in an institution for children who are infected with and affected by HIV&AIDS, who had been made vulnerable by various circumstances (death of primary caregivers, emotional difficulties, and being infected with HIV&AIDS), was selected as the primary participant in the study. The findings of the empirical study are supported by relevant literature with regard to the main concepts guiding the study, namely, sandplay psychotherapy, vulnerable children, and language barriers. The findings were, firstly, that sandplay psychotherapy supported the primary participant emotionally, and, secondly, sandplay psychotherapy was an effective technique for overcoming a language barrier. A further finding was that the emotional healing that appeared to take place had a positive effect on the relationships and communication skills of the primary participant. / Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Educational Psychology / MEd / unrestricted

In today's world, where education and training services are commercialized, the question arises about the possibilities and limitations of various didactic techniques. This issue is most relevant for parents of young children. Since the child himself can not give feedback about the impact of this technique on him. In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate the influence of G. Doman's method as a method of introducing into our culture. As diagnostic tools, proving such an impact was used the scale N. Bailey. The object of the study was the process of development of children in early childhood. The subject of the study was the levels of mental, motor and behavioral development. We put forward the hypothesis that the method of G. Doman contributes to a more intensive mental, motor and behavioral development of young children was concretized: this technique promotes expressive communication, the remaining indicators do not exceed the development and are similar to other methods. / В современном мире, где услуги обучения и воспитания коммерционализированы, встает вопрос о возможностях и ограничениях различных дидактических методик. Наиболее актуален этот вопрос для родителей детей раннего возраста. Так как сам ребенок не может дать обратную связь о воздействии такой методики на него. В данной работе предпринята попытка исследовать влияние методики Г. Домана. В качестве диагностического инструментария, доказывающего такое влияние были использованы шкалы Н.Бэйли. Обьектом исследования стал процесс развития детей в раннем детстве. Предметом исследования стали уровни умственного, моторного и поведенческого развития. Выдвинутая нами гипотеза о том, что методика Г.Домана способствует более интенсивному умственному, моторному и поведенческому развитию детей раннего возраста была конкретизирована: данная методика способствует экспрессивной коммуникации, остальные показатели не превышают развитие и аналогичны другим методикам.

In connection with the rapid development of information technology and the emergence of various devices and devices that transmit this information, the question of psychological security that surrounds us and our children, information space. Since cartoons, one of the most preferred children's genres, we investigated the cartoon content most viewed by children of primary school age, as well as conducted a socio-psychological examination of the most popular cartoon among children 7-10 years. The theoretical part of the work covers such issues as the impact of the media on the personality of the child, the child's perception of what is happening on the screen, describes the features of the perception and influence of modern cartoons on the child's personality in modern domestic and foreign psychology. The empirical part reflects the results of the study. The survey showed that watching cartoons is not always controlled by adults, the most preferred cartoons do not correspond to age. Experts have identified cartoons as aggressive, not performing educational functions, not aesthetic. Revealed differences between experts parents and psychologists by age criterion. The results of the work can be applied in work with parents, psychologists, teachers and kindergarten teachers. / В связи со стремительным развитием информационных технологий и появлением различных девайсов и устройств, передающих эту информацию, встает вопрос о психологической безопасности, окружающего нас и наших детей, информационного пространства. Поскольку мультфильмы, один из наиболее предпочитаемых детских жанров, мы исследовали мультипликационный контент наиболее просматриваемый детьми младшего школьного возраста, а также провели социально-психологическую экспертизу наиболее популярного мультфильма среди детей 7-10 лет. В теоретической части работы освещены такие вопросы, как влияние средств массовой информации на личность ребенка, восприятие ребенком происходящего на экране, описаны особенности восприятия и влияния современных мультфильмов на детскую личность в современной отечественной и зарубежной психологии. В эмпирической части отражены результаты исследования. Проведенный опрос показал, что просмотр мультфильмов не всегда контролируется взрослыми, наиболее предпочитаемые мультфильмы не соответствуют возрасту. Эксперты определили мультфильмы как агрессивные, не выполняющие воспитательные функции, не эстетичные. Выявились расхождения между экспертами родителями и психологами по возрастному критерию. Результаты работы могут быть применены в работе с родителями, психологами, педагогами и воспитателями детских садов.

Anyone desiring to qualify as an accountant or auditor is required to pass an examination as approved by the Public Accountants' and Auditors' Board to establish whether candidates have attained the required standard of academic knowledge in terms of the syllabi laid down by the Board, as well as whether they are able to apply that knowledge in practice (P AAB, 1995). However each year many students fail this very important examination. The reasons for this are not clear and the purpose of this research is to determine whether: personality; vocational interests; intelligence; matriculation Mathematics and home language (English/ Afrikaans) results, predict success in the QE, by comparing a group of successful and unsuccessful QE candidates. The logistic regression, discriminant analysis and t-test statistical procedures, indicated that: warmth (A), liveliness (F), rule-consciousness (G), social boldness (H), apprehension (0), self-reliance (Q2), perfectionism (Q3), tension (Q4), computational interest, social services interest, mechanical interest, Mental Alertness and matriculation home language, are significant factors to consider when identifying candidates likely to be successful in the QE. / Industrial & Organisational Psychology / MCOM (Industrial Psychology)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:28:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carolina Rosa Campos.pdf: 1913454 bytes, checksum: 4037878e0613d0d940a0f00003338e9b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-13 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas / Considering the gap in cognitive assessment of special needs population, this study s aimed to build three subtests (verbal, memory and logical space) to evaluate the intelligence of visually impaired children. In order to achieve this goal, four studies were conducted: (1) research and knowledge of methods and materials used in visually impaired children s education, in order that this information could contribute to the construction of the subtests; (2) subtests construction, based on current theories of intelligence and information obtained from Study 1; (3) pilot study aiming to assess the suitability of its subtests and items among 14 visually impaired children, aged 7 to 12 years old (M = 10.28 years, SD = 1.58), six females and eight males. Within those, ten classified with low vision, eight with congenital and two with acquired disease. Four children were classified with total blindness, two with acquired deficiency and two with congenital deficiency; (4) performance comparison between blind and sighted children (n=17, M=9.94 years, SD=1.43; all female) in relation to the difficulties encountered, number of hits and subtests runtime. The results showed, by testing mean difference, in general, fitness subtests of the target population, with little need for modification of items. It was found a better performance on children with vision capability in relation to children with visual impairments. In relation to type of blindness, children with congenital deficiency showed better results when compared to children with acquired disabilities. Regarding the degree of disability, children with low vision performed better than complete blind children. Although it was possible to note the influence of age and education level in verbal subtest and sex variable in memory subtest. We conclude that this study brought relevant data regarding the importance of a specific instrument for the assessment of intelligence on children with visual impairment. Studies with larger samples can enrich and contribute to the validity of the instrument built. / Diante da lacuna existente na avalia??o cognitiva de popula??es especiais, essa pesquisa teve como objetivo a constru??o de tr?s subtestes (verbal, mem?ria e l?gico-espacial) para avalia??o da intelig?ncia de crian?as deficientes visuais. Como forma de atingir tal objetivo, quatro estudos foram conduzidos: (1) investiga??o e conhecimento de metodologias e materiais utilizados na educa??o de crian?as com defici?ncia visual, com a finalidade de que tais informa??es pudessem contribuir para a constru??o dos subtestes; (2) constru??o dos subtestes, baseados nas teorias atuais de intelig?ncia e nas informa??es obtidas a partir do Estudo 1; (3) estudo piloto com o objetivo de erificar a adequa??o dos subtestes e de seus itens junto a 14 crian?as deficientes visuais, na faixa et?ria de 7 a 12 anos (M= 10,28 anos; DP=1,58), sendo seis do sexo feminino e oito do sexo masculino, sendo dessas, dez classificadas com baixa vis?o, oito com defici?ncia cong?nita e duas com doen?a adquirida, quatro crian?as classificadas com cegueira total, sendo duas com defici?ncia adquirida e duas com defici?ncia cong?nita; (4) compara??o do desempenho de crian?as deficientes visuais com crian?as videntes (n=17; M= 9,94 anos; DP=1,43; todas do sexo feminino) em rela??o ?s dificuldades encontradas, n?mero de acertos e tempo de execu??o dos subtestes. Os resultados apontaram, atrav?s de testes de diferen?a de m?dia, de um modo geral, adequa??o dos subtestes ? popula??o alvo, com pequenas necessidades de altera??o dos itens. Tamb?m encontrou-se melhor desempenho dos videntes em rela??o ?s crian?as com defici?ncia visual, bem como, em rela??o ao tipo de cegueira, crian?as com defici?ncia cong?nita apresentaram melhores resultados quando comparados com aquelas que apresentam defici?ncia adquirida. Em rela??o ao grau de defici?ncia, crian?as com baixa vis?o tiveram melhor desempenho que as crian?as com cegueira. Ainda foi poss?vel notar a influ?ncia das vari?veis idade e escolaridade no subteste Verbal e da vari?vel sexo no subteste de Mem?ria. Conclui-se que o presente estudo trouxe dados relevantes quanto ? import?ncia de um instrumento espec?fico de avalia??o da intelig?ncia para crian?as com defici?ncia visual e que, estudos com amostras maiores podem enriquecer e contribuir para a validade do instrumento constru?do.