Artículos de revistas
Psychology in Chile: Analysis of its history, present and future Psicología en Chile: Análisis de su historia, presente y futuro
Fecha
2015Registro en:
Universitas Psychologica, Volumen 14, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1125-1142
16579267
10.11144/Javeriana.upsy14-3.pcah
Autor
Urzúa, Alfonso
Vera-Villarroel, Pablo
Espinoza Zúñiga, Claudia
Salas, Gonzalo
Institución
Resumen
This paper present a review of the development and current state of Chilean psychology. In 1946 formally establishes the formation of psychologists in Chile; in 1959, it made official the Association of Psychologists of Chile and in 1968 the College of Psychologists of Chile was founded. This puts Chile in the first countries in the region in the formal development of the discipline. Currently, there are 139 training programs in psychology, taught in 49 universities. Added to that, a growing supply of master's and doctoral programs in psychology. With regard to the scientific development of the discipline shown a sustained increase in the number of published articles, noting that since 2011 has exceeded 100 items per year, although this production is linked to a few institutions and authors with high prominence. Additionally, a low collaboration between Chilean and Latin American researchers in studies and scientific productivity, despite sharing similar issues and problems observed. R