Humanity in Psychology: The Intellectual Legacy of Pina Boggi Cavallo (Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences)

This book is aimed at appreciating and further developing the work of Pina Boggi Cavallo. She was a scholar that fully embodied the spirit of the first cognitive revolution in psychology, whose ideal was to consider human being in its totality. The focus of scientific investigation in her work, were the processes of thought, as connected to the affective and ethical dimensions, the social construction of the developing Self within the real context of its making. The book is organized in three sections: Sowing: the selected works of Pina Boggi Cavallo translated in English; Fertilizing: invited commentaries which develop the ideas of Pina Boggi Cavallo in the current and future scientific landscape; Cultivating: invited chapters by international scholars, including some who collaborated with her. Foreword Preface: Compassion for Knowledge Contents About the Contributors Chapter 1: Enchantment of the Mind: The Salernitan Questions Introduction The Salernitan Questions What Vision of Knowledge? Moral Integrity and Social Commitment The Structure of the Book Sowing Fertilizing Cultivating Conclusion References Part I: Sowing Chapter 2: Field-Dependence: A Strong Theoretical Model The Body, the Mind, and the Person Differentiation and Differences between Genders References Chapter 3: Women and Popular Medicine Women and Medicine Women and Medicine in Salerno Body and Health: Trotula and the “De Mulierum Passionibus” References Chapter 4: Parents, Children, and the Third Age: The Needs of the Elderly Do We Know Elderly People? Parents, Children, and the Third Age: The Needs of the Elderly Results References Chapter 5: Lou Andreas-Salomè: On Women and Psychoanalysis Behind the Keyhole Women and Psychoanalysis: The Paradoxical Femininity References Chapter 6: The Earthquake and the Psycho-Sociological Research References Part II: Fertilizing Chapter 7: The Field-Dependence: A Strong Theoretical Model: A Review References Chapter 8: An Overview of Mind-Wandering According to Boggi’s Approach and Interests Introduction The Early Psychoanalytical Approach to Mind-Wandering: The Trio’s Prospective Beyond Psychoanalysis: Toward New Approaches on Mind-Wandering Beyond Psychoanalysis: Models and Approaches of Experimental Research on Mind-Wandering A Gestalt Theoretical Approach to Mind-Wandering and Related Phenomena Toward a New Prospective on Mind-Wandering? A Multiple-Field Approach Overlapping Situation and Multifield Approach Basic Characteristics of Multiple-Field Situation Conclusion References Chapter 9: Contemporary Considerations on “Donna e Medicina Popolare”, by Pina Cavallo Boggi (1981) The Predications of Patients and Women in the Context of Illness and Cure References Chapter 10: Comment on Pina Boggi Cavallo and Michele Cesaro’s “Parents, Children, and the Third Age: The Needs of Older People” Activity Versus Disengagement Continuity Theory Aging Stereotypes Third and Fourth Age Active Aging Aging Well Self-Regulatory Processes Socioemotional Selectivity Continuity and Change in Intergenerational Relations Conclusions References Chapter 11: Lou Andreas-Salomé: Which Woman? Which Body? Whose Narcissism? References Chapter 12: Yearning for Home: Place, Loss, and New Paradigms of Psychological Practice Introduction Indigenous Psychology (Rob Brockman) Ecological Adaption and Refugees (Ruth Wells) Open Dialogue Vs. Non-places (Paul Rhodes) Eco-Psychology: Home in the Anthropocene (Merle Conyer) Psychological Descriptors for the Anthropocene Deep Adaptation Posthuman Psychology (Maria Nichterlein) Aftershocks References Part III: Cultivating Chapter 13: Pina Boggi Cavallo: The Person, the Scientific Intuitions, the Pioneering Value, and the Intellectual Legacy of Her Contributions Her Study Interests Doing Research and Teaching at University: A Necessary Reference to the Context of the 1970s and 1980s The Person About the Way to Study Self-Concept, Self-Image, and Role Identity References Chapter 14: In Search of an Experiment: From Vygotsky to Lewin and Dembo and Back to the Future Introduction Starting Point: Lev Vygotsky’s Account of a Paradigmatic Experiment Second Step: Kurt Lewin’s Legacy Third Step: Tamara Dembo’s Experiments Fourth Step: Back to Lewin Fifth Step: Back to Vygotsky and Double Stimulation Conclusion References Chapter 15: Fostering Mentalizing Communities The Budding Thought A Multifaceted Mind From the Relationship to the Self and Back Fostering Mentalizing Communities References Chapter 16: Pina Boggi Cavallo and My “Southern Italian Gesture Project” My Debt to Pina Boggi Cavallo How I Decided to Undertake My “Southern Italian Gesture Project” My “Southern Italian Gesture Project” Video Recordings in Salerno, Napoli, and Adjacent Locations Kinesic Depiction and Pointing Highly Conventionalized Kinesic Expressions Investigating Andrea de Jorio’s La mimica... How Can We Account for the Prominence of Gesture Use in Southern Italy? Conclusion References Chapter 17: Smiling: Positive and Negative Emotions, Personal and Social Attitudes Introduction Our First Studies Results A New Study Using Musterle’s Faces Results The Importance of Mouth Opening in Smiling Communicative Processes Our New Studies on the Components of Human Smiles Results Conclusions and Some New Proposals Concerning the Role of Human Smile in a Multipurpose Perspective References Chapter 18: The Attention to Student Well-Being: The University Psychological Counseling Pina Boggi Cavallo and Psychological Counseling in the University of Salerno The Psychological Service for University Students at the Counseling Center “M. Cesaro” Mission Users The Psychological Intervention References Index This book is aimed at appreciating and further developing the work of Pina Boggi Cavallo. She was a scholar that fully embodied the spirit of the first cognitive revolution in psychology, whose ideal was to consider human being in its totality. The focus of scientific investigation in her work, were the processes of thought, as connected to the affective and ethical dimensions, the social construction of the developing Self within the real context of its making. 1. Sowing: the selected works of Pina Boggi Cavallo translated in English; 2. Fertilizing: invited commentaries which develop the ideas of Pina Boggi Cavallo in the current and future scientific landscape; 3. Cultivating: invited chapters by international scholars, including some who collaborated with her.