Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Costa Neto, Eraldo Medeiros
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Carvalho, Paula Dib de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences
Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/2893
Resumo: Study developed on the perception of insects by 533 undergraduates from 20 courses of the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, has shown that, in general, the term “insect” is assigned to not systematically related organisms. Data were obtained through a simple questionnaire from October to December 1999. The construction of the “insect” ethnocategory has been determined according to ambiguous perceptions, since students have shown reactions of fear, disgust, and disdain toward those organisms included in the “insect” ethnozoological domain, and have attributed ecological, esthetical, and utilitary roles to them. The emotional meaning associated with this dominion may contribute to the understanding of both individual perception and cognitive information process
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spelling Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, BrazilPercepção dos insetos pelos graduandos da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasiletnozoologiaetnoentomologiaclassificação etnobiológica2.00.00.00-6 Ciências BiológicasStudy developed on the perception of insects by 533 undergraduates from 20 courses of the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, has shown that, in general, the term “insect” is assigned to not systematically related organisms. Data were obtained through a simple questionnaire from October to December 1999. The construction of the “insect” ethnocategory has been determined according to ambiguous perceptions, since students have shown reactions of fear, disgust, and disdain toward those organisms included in the “insect” ethnozoological domain, and have attributed ecological, esthetical, and utilitary roles to them. The emotional meaning associated with this dominion may contribute to the understanding of both individual perception and cognitive information processEstudo desenvolvido sobre a percepção de insetos por 533 discentes de 20 cursos de graduação da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil, revelou que, em geral, o termo “inseto” é usado para designar organismos sistematicamente não-relacionados. Os dados foram obtidos por meio da aplicação de um questionário simples entre os meses de outubro e dezembro de 1999. A construção da etnocategoria “inseto” fez-se segundo percepções ambíguas, uma vez que os estudantes demonstraram tanto reações de medo, nojo e desprezo pelos organismos incluídos no domínio etnozoológico “inseto”, quanto atribuíram-lhes funções ecológicas, estéticas e utilitárias. O significado emotivo associado ao domínio pode contribuir para o entendimento da percepção individual e do processo de informação cognitivaUniversidade Estadual De Maringá2008-05-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/289310.4025/actascibiolsci.v22i0.2893Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; Vol 22 (2000); 423-428Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 22 (2000); 423-4281807-863X1679-9283reponame:Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciencesinstname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMporhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/2893/2110Costa Neto, Eraldo MedeirosCarvalho, Paula Dib deinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-11-23T17:33:31Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/2893Revistahttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSciPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/oai||actabiol@uem.br1807-863X1679-9283opendoar:2022-11-23T17:33:31Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
Percepção dos insetos pelos graduandos da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil
title Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
spellingShingle Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
Costa Neto, Eraldo Medeiros
etnozoologia
etnoentomologia
classificação etnobiológica
2.00.00.00-6 Ciências Biológicas
title_short Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
title_full Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
title_fullStr Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
title_sort Perception of insects by undergraduates from Feira de Santana State University, Bahia, Brazil
author Costa Neto, Eraldo Medeiros
author_facet Costa Neto, Eraldo Medeiros
Carvalho, Paula Dib de
author_role author
author2 Carvalho, Paula Dib de
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa Neto, Eraldo Medeiros
Carvalho, Paula Dib de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv etnozoologia
etnoentomologia
classificação etnobiológica
2.00.00.00-6 Ciências Biológicas
topic etnozoologia
etnoentomologia
classificação etnobiológica
2.00.00.00-6 Ciências Biológicas
description Study developed on the perception of insects by 533 undergraduates from 20 courses of the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, has shown that, in general, the term “insect” is assigned to not systematically related organisms. Data were obtained through a simple questionnaire from October to December 1999. The construction of the “insect” ethnocategory has been determined according to ambiguous perceptions, since students have shown reactions of fear, disgust, and disdain toward those organisms included in the “insect” ethnozoological domain, and have attributed ecological, esthetical, and utilitary roles to them. The emotional meaning associated with this dominion may contribute to the understanding of both individual perception and cognitive information process
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