Historicizing a pioneer: Reinier Johannes Antonius Rozestraten (1924-2008)

• Autor(a) principal: Soares Júnior, Renan da Cunha
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Marcelo, Ana Camila, França, Jéssica de Sousa, Pereira, Laís Finotto, Rohden, Roberta Francielli de S., Freire, Heloísa Bruna Grubits, Miranda, Rodrigo Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Memorandum (Belo Horizonte)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/article/view/33093
• topic: História da Psicologia; Psicologia do Trânsito; Psicólogos - Biografia; History of Psychology; Traffic Psychology; Psychologists - Biography

Biographies have calling attention in the History of Sciences, in general and, in particular, in the History of Psychology. They have allowed us to understand the role of relevant characters in the history Psychology, in different places and, among them, in Brazil. This article is a biography of Reinier Johannes Antonius Rozestraten (1924-2008). From textual (e.g., memorial, research reports, etc.) and oral sources (interview with colleagues and former students), we present cities through which he passed and part of his activities linked to the scientific-professional field of Psychology. Primary sources were analyzed from its contents. We note Rozestraten more interested in scientific psychology, capable of getting involved in applied issues, than that of a character linked to a theory, in particular. In addition, we observed an activity that contributed to the creation and development of various scientific-professional societies. Thus, its trajectory allows us to understand the paths of Psychology, in general, and of Traffic Psychology, in specific, in Brazil.