Paterson was a founder and president of the American Association of Applied Psychology, which lasted for 8 years from 1937-1945, and served as the precursor to the multiple divisions of applied psychology within the American Psychological Association, including clinical, consulting, educational, industrial / organizational, and military psychology.
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Another very select and infrequent use of military psychology is in the interview of subjects, the interrogation of prisoners, and the vetting of those who may provide information of operational or intelligence value that would enhance outcomes of friendly military operations or reduce friendly and enemy casualties.
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During World War II, he served on the Committee for Military Psychology ( a group organized by the Emergency Committee of the National Research Council, where he helped draw up psychological guidelines to test " the capacity of men required to man guns, sound detectors and other equipment ."
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Military psychology matured well past the areas aforementioned that concerned psychologists up until this time, branching off into sectors that included military leadership, the effects of environmental factors on human performance, military intelligence, psychological operations and warfare ( such as Special Forces like PSYOP ), selection for special duties, and the influences of personal background, attitudes, and the work group on soldier motivation and morals.
