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Psychology in Spain

Salvador Algarabel and Juan V. Luciano with an outline of the state of psychology in their country.

18 April 2003

Although the roots of scientific psychology in Spain are as old as in other European countries, its modern establishment as a profession and its study in the majority of Spanish universities is quite recent. The first faculty of psychology was created as recently as 1978 in Madrid, against a backdrop of social and political change. The subject has grown rapidly ever since.

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