GATTI, Bernardete A. Psychology of education: concepts, senses and contributions. []. , 31, pp.7-22. ISSN 1414-6975.

The article aims to discuss the subject of concepts on scientific investigations, in the conjunction of theoretical, epistemological and sociohistorical issues. Factors within the sociohistorical context must be considered on the construction of senses and meanings that can be attributed to ways of knowledge articulation. Consensus is very important. It places three different perspectives under which these matters can be treated, it brings ideas about conceptualizations and scientific field, concepts and pre-concepts - and at last, it recalls some works that deal with the problems related to the constitution of Psychology of Education area as a specific area of ivestigation - works that had impact from their time of production until nowadays.

: Affectivity; scholar context; state of knowledge.