Katia de Souza Amorim

• Abstract

  With the increasing participation of women in the labor market, even babies are having their care and education shared with collective early childhood institutions. However, the participation of babies in these institutions is seen as controversial, given the traditional discourses and practices on early childhood care, which consider that it should be performed at home and directly by th…

  Transition processes when babies begin attending daycare centers, in different countries/cultures: Brazil, Finland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and the USA, AP.R

• Abstract

  The present project is an unfolding line of research on the study of the infants and their participation in contexts of collective early childhood education, now with expansion of cases and greater internationalization of research. This line began with my master degree (FAPESP), which studied mediation processes in the adaptation of infants to day-care centers (Amorim, 1997). It was concl…

  Infant's interactions and bonding processes, since the beginning of his/her attendance at daycare center, in seven countries / cultures: Brasil, Finlândia, ESCÓCIA, Australia, SAMOA, nova Zelândia e EUA, AP.R

• Abstract

  Unfolding from previous and current projects of the group, who have been investigating the development of communication, language, expressiveness and affectivity in infants and toddlers, some questions have emerged regarding the interaction and the bonds formation early in life. In the literature, these issues have been studied, overwhelmingly, by Bowlby's Attachment Theory. However, a nu…

  Interaction, bond and attachment within diverse infants' and toddlers relations and contexts, AP.R

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• Abstract

  Infants' exploratory ability is an important feature that allows: contact with surroundings; attention to specific stimuli; information gathering about the environment; and, over time, infants actions might be modified according to such information. In a reality in which babies have been increasingly enrolled in daycare centers, there is a need to better understand how the exploratory pro…

  Infants exploratory activity in adaptation process to daycare: case studies in Brazil, BP.DR

• Abstract

  Given the ageing process worldwide, it became necessary to investigate this stage of human development to enlarge the understanding of this population, in order to adequate services and public policies to the elderly. Research in Psychology concerning the ageing process is relatively new, focusing primarily on cognitive aspects. The theme of affect and affective bonds in old age counts a …

  Emotional bonds in old age: (de)(re)construction, continuities and discontinuities, BP.DD

• Abstract

  Non-verbal communication is human infants' first access to the social other, with the existing hypothesis that in their first year of life, the infant interacts, establishes peer-communication, and (co)(de)constructs meaning. However, that phenomenon has been studied mainly in infant relationship with their mother, being necessary researches on other contexts and multiple relationships as…

  Construction of meaning in infant peer-interactions in nursery: Brazilian case studies, BP.DR

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• Abstract

  The current project aims to present a research exchange proposal with the professor and researcher Cintia Rodríguez Garrido who is recognized for her extensive experience and great theoretical density in the area of historical-cultural perspective and early child development. Considering that infants' emotional expressions are their first communicative and interactive ability which orient…

  Emotions and gestures in infants: theoretical and methodological resources in research on affective bond construction, BE.EP.DR