Fernanda Rodrigues Lopes’s research while affiliated with University of São Paulo and other places

The book has seven chapters written by researchers from UNESP, São Paulo State University and collaborators from other universities. There is one chapter dedicated to conceptual aspects in the field of Developmental Psychology and Learning. The other chapters are focused on applied reseach in this field. For instance, language in children with cochlear implant; relationship between mothers and adolescents; social abilities, phobias and internet; numeracy musical training in preschoolers; family reaction towards acquired deficiency and public policies and behavioral strategies to control tropical diseases such as dengue fever.

In the context of Behavior Analysis of Culture, concerning the ethical and theoretical conflicts and technological difficulties which are set before the development of cultural designs, there is a lack of a systematic organization of the available options for the conversion of cultural planning into specific interventions. In this context of investigations is where the interests of this research are situated and guided by the goal of developing a "guide" and a "flow-chart for cultural designs", which are preliminary and facilitative instruments to the accomplishment of planned interventions in cultural practices referenced by Behavior Analysis. The work plan considered the purpose of assisting researchers in the primary task of answering the main questions of varied dimension and nature which permeate the performance of behavior analyst of culture. The authors warn to the readers and users about any possibility that the instruments are taken as ready-recipes for the development of cultural designs. In the opposite direction, they understand that these instruments are theoretically and ethically contextualized and it is suggested that test, criticize and certainly re-plan them can constitute welcome activities by part of the scientific community in this area.