Inicios de la psicología como ciencia del comportamiento en San Luis (Argentina)

This paper analyzes the development of psychology as a behavioral science within the framework of the Psychology Program in San Luis (Argentina) between 1958 and 1982. The process of gestation and development of the community of behavioral psychologists is described. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the incidence of this model in the Psychology Program between 1958 and 1982 was made. The incidence was measured in the factors: teaching, research and services to the community, because they were considered the main objectives of a university. To this purpose, indicators of these factors were built. In contrast to the rest of the psychology programs at national universities in that period, it is concluded that behavioral psychology had a considerable incidence in the psychology program of San Luis.