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Psychology
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The purppose od this paper is to discuss the importance of soft skills in profesional training in psychology, arguing that thet are not merely an optional additión but a structural pillar for the affective, ethical and socially responsable practice of the discipline. It addresses the differences beetween soft and hard skills in profesional training, analyzes the treoretical and empirical evidence regarding their role in psychological practice, their relationship to thical responsibility and the challenges in teaching and lerning. Finally, it lists challegues such as the theory-practice gap, weak research trainig and a lack of sociocultural contextualization.
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