| Abstract: | "It is well for us to examine periodically the status and prospects of our direct professional participation in defense." Major sections are: A Historical Perspective, A Linear Extrapolation, The Next Mutation, Portrait of the Mutant, and Summary. 3 tables: (1) on federal obligations for research in the psychological sciences, 1960, 1961, and 1962; (2) federal obligations for research in the social sciences, 1960, 1961, and 1962; and (3) duties and skills required of personnel for participation in socioeconomic development, are presented. "We are forecasting a trend away from emphases on human components for hardware systems toward emphasis on human components of social systems, and an increase in the study of human interaction and communication across cultural boundaries." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
