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Alarcón Napurí, Reynaldo

Born Supe (Peru), July, 1925

Dead Lima (Peru), May 31, 2020

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The Palgrave Biographical Encyclopedia of Psychology in Latin America

Reynaldo Alarcón entered the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (National University of San Marcos, UNMSM) in 1945 and obtained a B.A. in 1955 and a Ph.D. in 1956. In his alma mater, he met who would be his teacher and the most important person in his academic life, Dr. Walter Blumenfeld (1882–1967), who taught Experimental Psychology.

Alarcón developed his teaching career at his alma mater, teaching courses such as School Assessment, General Psychology, and was the founder and principal professor of the chairs of Theory of Psychological Measurement, Intelligence Testing, Psychological Research Methods, and the Test Construction Seminar, among others. He was also a professor at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia), Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Sacred Heart University), and in Arequipa at the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín(National University of San Agustin), both undergraduate and graduate. In recent years, he has served as...

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Selected Works

  • Alarcón, E. (2019). Introducción al saber psicológico [Introduction to psychological knowledge]. Universidad Ricardo Palma.

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  • Alarcón, R. (1994). El pensamiento psicológico de Walter Blumenfeld [Walter Blumenfeld’s psychological thinking]. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología.

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  • Caycho-Rodríguez, T. (2013). Aproximación a la obra psicológica de Reynaldo Alarcón y su contribución a la psicología científica en el Perú [Approach to the psychological work of Reynaldo Alarcón and his contribution to scientific psychology in Peru]. Revista de Historia de la Psicología, 34(3), 7–24.

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  • Jáuregui, D., León, R., & Rodríguez-Rea, M. A. (Eds.). (2015). Homenaje a Reynaldo Alarcón [Tribute to Reynaldo Alarcón]. Universidad Ricardo Palma.

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Caycho-Rodríguez, T. (2023). Alarcón Napurí, Reynaldo. In: Jacó-Vilela, A.M., Klappenbach, H., Ardila, R. (eds) The Palgrave Biographical Encyclopedia of Psychology in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56781-1_414

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