Institutional psychology: psychological practices as institutions

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  • Marlene Guirado Instituto de Psicologia da USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v13i2.9447

Keywords:

institutional psychology, psychology as institution, institutional discourse analysis

Abstract


This paper aims to update the proposition to an Institutional Psychology, considering the concrete and conceptual changes in our understanding of psychology as an institution. Chapter 4, titled “Looking for the specificity of psychologist work”, in Institutional Psychology (Guirado, 1987/2004), is reviewed and rewritten in a way that makes it possible for the reader to follow the advancements of thinking and in practice. The starting point of this rearrangement is the discussion of the differences between psychoanalytic and sociological models in this area. The goal is to devise a new proposition: to consider psychology, on its own, as an institution, so that its exercise can be remarked as Institutional Discourse Analysis. Examples are given so as to make it understood what is this strategy of thinking psychology.

Keywords: institutional psychology; psychology as institution; institutional discourse analysis.

 

Author Biography

Marlene Guirado, Instituto de Psicologia da USP

Departamento de Psicologia da Aprendizagem, do Desenvolvimento e da Personalidade. Psicologia Institucional .

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Guirado, M. (2009). Institutional psychology: psychological practices as institutions. Interação Em Psicologia, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v13i2.9447

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2009)

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