Abstract

BEZERRA LINS, Samuel Lincoln; OLIVEIRA COUTINHO DA SILVA, Maria de Fátima; BEZERRA LINS, Zoraide Margaret  and  FERES CARNEIRO, Terezinha. The understanding of childhood as a social and historical construction. CES Psicol [online]. 2014, vol.7, n.2, pp.126-137. ISSN 2011-3080.

This article aimed to make some reflections about the concept of childhood, considering social and historical issues. We tried to show different perspectives of the concept, its evolution over time, as well as main theorists and work developed on the field, in Western society, particularly in Brazil

Keywords : Childhood; History; Developmental Psychology.

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