The present thesis is described in research papers format, whose development is justified by literature review, phase of intervention tests to improve the plans of data collection and data collection itself. PROPOSAL 1 ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that has deficits in social communication skills, and a high frequency of stereotypy and restricted behavior. Behavior Analysis is an important intervention that ...

Parental Alienation (PA) refers to the behaviors of a parent or family member (alienator) who initiates a defamatory campaign directed at the other parent (alienated), to hinder or prevent the contact of the family member ...

Among the most notorious consequences of the current international financial crisis is the high unemployment rate, in both Brazil and Portugal. Studies indicate that, during periods of economic recession, there is an ...

The interface between language studies and Event-related Potentials (ERPs) has subsidized the investigation for subtle differences in the processing of information that cannot be detected by behavioral measures. This ...

The present study had as objectives to examine: (a) evidence of validity of the Inventory of Educational Social Skills of the University Professor – Student Version (IESS-UPStudent) based on the internal structure and ...

Researching the work of the caregiver of elderly people in the Institution for the Long Stay of the Elderly (ILPI) is therefore a social phenomenon that must be clarified, since it depends on the individual condition of ...

Imagining and reasoning about hypothetical possibilities is an exclusively human characteristic and confers on cognition an important status for the study of different themes. The need for studies about imaginative processes ...

Although it is the basis for propositions of a "science of behavior," B. F. Skinner’s work is marked by different indications regarding the concept of behavior, not always convergent and concise. Such plurality ends up ...

Questions about the possible influence of marketing on children's food choices have been topics of debate in recent years. The use of characters in advertisements and packaging is one strategy commonly used to develop ...