U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Research: Development of Human Communicative Processes in Different Socio-Cultural Contexts

9813720Valsiner这项由马萨诸塞州伍斯特克拉克大学的Jaan Valsiner博士及其同事、伯南布哥联邦大学的Maria D.C.P.de Lyra博士和巴西利亚大学的Angela U.Branco博士提出的美国-巴西合作研究计划，是一项为期两年的多学科研究，旨在研究不同社会文化背景下人类交流过程的发展。这项关于元传播的研究将包括PI、8名美国研究人员和4名发展心理学和教育学研究生。每个研究人员都将专注于不同但相关的社会文化心理因素，包括调查不同文化中的语言发展，民族认同、形成和维持的机制，人类对不同物质和家庭环境的适应，包括低收入经济产生的压力，以及个人关系中的暴力问题。巴西团队将进一步阐述他们的研究方法--特别是在统计数据分析领域，而美国科学家将通过对不同社会背景下的沟通和元沟通过程现象的更好视角来扩展他们的视角--一个学术背景基于法国模式的社会。预期将在2000年的一次国际会议上以及在联合研究论文中发表研究结果。

9813720ValsinerThis US-Brazil collaborative research proposal between Dr. Jaan Valsiner and colleagues, Clark University, Worcester, MA, and Drs. Maria D. C. P de Lyra, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and Angela U. Branco, Universidade de Brasilia, is a two-year, multi-disciplinary study of development of human communicative processes in different socio-cultural contexts. This study in metacommunications will involve the PI, eight U.S. researchers, and 4 graduate students in developmental psychology and education. Each researcher will focus on a different, but related factor of socio-cultural psychology ranging from the investigation of language development in different cultures, the mechanisms of national identity, formation, and maintenance, human adaption to varied physical and family environments including stress generated by low income economies, and issues ofviolence in personal relations. Brazilian teams will gain further elaboration of their research methodologies - especially in the area of statistical data analysis, while US scientists will extend their perspectives by gaining a better perspective on the phenomena of communicative and metacommunicative processes in the context of a different society - one whose academic background is based upon a French model. Presentation of findings is expected at a international conference in 2000 and in the publicaiton of joint research papers.***