Cultura e sujeito : o papel das crenças na organização do pensamento humano

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The present research work aimed to study the psychological functioning of human being, and it was based on the ?Organizing Models of Thinking? Theory. By this theory the process related to human thinking involves not only the cognitive aspects but also other ones such as affective and cultural. In order to study the influences of cultural elements on psychological and mental functioning of human being, our investigation aimed to detect the possible influences of religious beliefs on organizing models applied by a person toward questions related to human sexuality. The methodology used was written interview applied to 100 individuals divided in 4 groups. The groups included 25 Catholics, 25 Adventists, 25 Spiritualists and a fourth group including 25 university students where no religious beliefs were considered. The questionnaire involved questions where each one answered firstly considering the personal positioning, and then it was asked the positioning of his religion. The results indicated that the organizing models applied by subjects incorporated elements related to his religious beliefs, which indicated the real influence in the personal thinking. The results indicated also that the influences of the religious beliefs were affected by other elements related to psychological functioning of subjects

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sexuality culture pensamento cultura beliefs crença religion thinking sexualidade religião

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