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Competência social na formação do psicólogo

This study aimed to evalue some dimensions of the social competence among students from first and last stages of a course of Psychology in order to verify if possible deficits were increased or surpassed along the academic graduation. It was applyed a questionnaire with 13 social interaction critical situations for wich the student would have to indicate: the ocorrence degree in her (his) experience, the discomfort degree, the performing or not performing a response indicative of social competence, suggested to the situation, and the satisfaction or no satisfaction with the performed:response. The results showed a large pattern of similarities and a quite restricted pattern of differences in all evalued dimensions, except in discomfort, with implications to research and to the fitness of curriculum of Psychology concerning the needs of student background.


Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Av.Bandeirantes 3900 - Monte Alegre, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo - Brasil, Tel.: (55 16) 3315-3829 - Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brazil
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