A construção da psicologia social do trabalho no Ceará através das atividades do núcleo de psicologia do trabalho (NUTRA) da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

When Psychology became independent from Philosophy since the end o f century XIX was defined as the scientific study of the human behavior, and brought within its project for independence the characteristics of a modem science, i.e., experimental, empirical, mechanicist, quantitative and positivist. Its academic structure and its social applications were based upon this perspective. The present work looks forward to demonstra te the links between Social and Work Psychology as well as its basic matrix. It evidences the importance of the academic project NUTRA (Work Psychology Group of Studies) while contributing to the construction and development of Social and Work Psychology in the Brazilian State of Ceará.