Status of psychology as a science in northeast Brazil: undergraduate students' perceptions.

Full Abstract

The Psychology as Science scale was used to assess whether Brazilian students believe psychology is a science. 190 undergraduates from four universities in Brazil participated. Analysis showed that 54% of students strongly agree that psychology is a science, 26% strongly agree that psychological research is necessary and that training in methodology is important, and 25% strongly agree that behavior is predictable.

Author information

Author/s: Morales, Brenda L (BL); Abramson, Charles I (CI); Nain, Shakuntala (S); Junior, Nelson Aleixo S (NA); Bartoszeck, Amauri B (AB);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Psychological reports (Psychol Rep), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2005-Feb; vol 96 (issue 1) : pp 109-14

Dates: Created 2005/04/13; Completed 2005/05/17; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 15825912, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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