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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Psychology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (1995), master's at Psychology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (1997) and ph.d. at Psychology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (2002). Has experience in Psychology, focusing on Construction and Psychological Validity of Tests, Scales and Other Measures, acting on the following subjects: avaliação psicológica, testes, construção de instrumentos, wisc and validação. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Imagination allows us to think abstractly, plan future actions, impossible to live experiences lived in the real world and reframe situations or feelings. The imaginative process can include anything from training images, but also refer to fantasies, creativity and mental activities planning courses of action and development of alternatives to reality. In the latter case, people would thi…
Background: Metacognition can be defined as knowledge and cognition about the cognitive phenomenon, referring to thoughts and knowledge that individuals have about their own thoughts and cognitive processes. As such, metacognition plays an important role in the daily life of the elderly, influencing social functions, quality of life and self-efficacy. Recents studies suggests that targeti…
Counterfactual thinking is characterized in the formulation of different events for an event that has already occurred, being constantly linked to the expression "what if" and has an important adaptive function. This study aimed to: (1) investigate counterfactual thinking in alcohol-dependent people and those characterized by its acute use; (2) establish the frequency of counterfactual th…
Creative action adds multiple factors, including cognitive processes and socio-emotional variables. Guilford theorized some factors that were later associated with the creative person, namely fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality. On the other hand, when imaginative thinking goes back to the past and hypothetical alternatives to events and their outcomes, we call it counterfa…
When people think about how past events could have turned out differently, or when they imagine "What if..." or "If only&" scenarios, they are thinking counterfactually. Counterfactual thoughts usually follow negative outcomes and have many functions, including emotional regulation. When interpersonal conflicts occur, people often wish things had turned out differently; however, the role …
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