Reynaldo Alarcon contribution to development and strengthening of psychometrics in Peru

• Autor: León, Ramón
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2009
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revista UNMSM - Revista de Investigación en Psicología
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/3768
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/psico/article/view/3768
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Reynaldo Alarcón; Tests; Inventories; Peru; tests; inventarios; Perú

In this communication the author reviews the contributions of Reynaldo Alarcón to the psychometric tradition in the psychology of Peru. A former student of Walter Blumenfeld, the German psychologist emigrated to Peru in the 1930´s, Alarcón is author of a number of investigations in which he standardized questionnaires and inventories and intelligence tests, and explored aspects of the mentality of Peruvians. His text on research techniques and designs is a book of excellent quality. In the frame of this communication the author comments Alarcón’s interest for positive psychology, and his recent papers on psychology of happiness.