ANÁLISE FENOMENOLÓGICA INTERPRETATIVA (AFI): ENLACES COM A PSICOLOGIA COGNITIVA

Abstract

This article aims to provide further elucidation on the role of Cognitive Psychology within a phenomenological approach, in this case Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (AFI), as well as the possibility of using this tool in studies in this field of Psychology. It also brings an explanatory script of the practical aspects for carrying out projects using this methodology. The AFI was developed within Psychology and is characterized by addressing important everyday existential issues.  Focus on the participant, but the interpretive emphasis in the construction of meanings falls on both the participant and the researcher, who uses cognitive processes such as thought, language, behavior and creativity in their elucidation. Other important characteristics of this approach are the systematicity and rigor of its procedures, and its openness to dialogue with other approaches. It is in full expansion, especially in Europe, but growing in popularity around the world, being increasingly used by researchers not only in Psychology, but also in other fields of empirical sciences due to the characteristics presented. It is argued towards a for a fruitful and promising dialogue between the two paradigms - Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Cognitive Psychology, overcoming the epistemological obstacles that are still in force, for a deeper understanding of the cognitive phenomenon.

Keywords: Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA); Cognitive Psychology; Phenomenology; Qualitative research.