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THE Medical Research Council Unit for Applied Psychology consists at present of eleven research workers who had previously been carrying out investigations in the Psychological Laboratory, Cambridge, principally on problems arising from the War, under the direction of Prof. F. C. Bartlett, who continues to have general supervision of the Unit. Of these, six are graduates in psychology, four in medicine and one in physiology. Until the end of the War it is likely that work of the type now in hand will continue. This has necessarily involved problems largely of an ad hoc character, undertaken in response to requests from Service departments, but certain common principles have emerged, which may assist in guiding a fruitful approach to future and peace-time problems. These principles are that of suiting the job to the man, of suiting the man to the job, and of improving the man's performance.
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CRAIK, K. Medical Research Council Unit for Applied Psychology. Nature 154, 476–477 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154476a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154476a0