OS FAZERES E AS DESCOBERTAS NA INICIAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA EM PSICOLOGIA COMUNITÁRIA EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA DO COVID-19

Academic background is supported by three pillars, teaching, research and extension, that complement each other in the student's learning process, joining knowledge and experience. Through scientific initiation, the student has the opportunity to improve his learning through academic research and will be encouraged to reflect on the acquired content, boosting the use of critical sense. However, in the face of a pandemic, the teaching scenario changes due to difficulties and limitations in the field of scientific research. Based on this, the objective of this article is to address the student's experience in times of pandemic, highlighting the importance of research in undergraduate and professional life, proposing an update of the productions in Community Social Psychology in the North of the country, from 2000 to 2020. The basic method for producing this article is a bibliographic search in the academic bases of Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Google Scholar. Furthermore, the analysis revealed that the closure of universities due to COVID-19 affected the production of academic projects. In contrast, it brought alternatives for the continuation of complementary activities carried out online, allowing the student to participate in national and international lectures and congresses, expanding access to scientific dissemination practices. Regarding the execution of the research project, it is noticed that there is a small number of theses in Community Social Psychology in the Northern Region of the country, where only two theses in this area, were found in the state of Pará.