Psychologists and Spain: A historical note.

In early 1937, psychologists under the leadership of T. C. Schneirla organized themselves as the Psychologists' Committee of the Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy. Activities of the committee between 1937 and 1939 are described, as is the relation between the committee and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Implications for the relation between science and politics are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)