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Citation |
Jenkins JG. Am. Psychol. 1946; 1(2): 45-49. |
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(Copyright © 1946, American Psychological Association) |
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unavailable |
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Abstract |
"A recent article [see 20: 887] described the employment of around 100 commissioned psychologists in Naval aviation and commented at some length on one of their four major avenues of usefulness--the field service organization. The present article is concerned with the second--those assigned to deal with problems of procurement and selection of candidates for training as pilots… . In sum, psychologists were first assigned to Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Boards as technicians intended only to direct the application, scoring and reporting of standardized and centrally validated tests. By their own efforts, they ordinarily became respected members of a military community, taking over local functions for which their endowment or training allowed them to demonstrate aptitude. Sometimes these functions were of a peculiarly psychological nature; often they were simply those which lent themselves readily to quantification or to other types of ordering which are the stock in trade of the psychologist." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) |