WOMEN PSYCHOLOGISTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2429, 16 May 1922, Page 4

WOMEN PSYCHOLOGISTS.

A new career, withinfinite possibilities for the right sort of woman is, that of investigator of industrial psychology, states an English exchange. This is the science by which it is possible to find out the kind of work that is best suited to each worker, and the best anil quickest way of doing that work so that efficiency is increased and fatigue reduced. The investigators are trained to'find out these things by means of interesting experiments, -anil their work lies mostly among factory and office workers of all kinds. Women are found to be particularly successful in dealing with girl workers, also in conducting some of the more delicate tests. Therefore, as the demand for these investigators is certain to increase in the future, there is every chance for the woman psychologist who is keen on her 1 job. Of the two bodies employed as investigators, the Industrial Fatigue Board in England is a Government Institution. It sends out investiga-tors,-free of-charge, to various factories, simply for the sake of experimental work. Salaries range from £l5O per annum for"sin assistant, to'£6oo or more for a head investigator, but there are at present few openings here. The other body is the Institute of Industrial Psychology. It receives orders for investigations from the factories and firms, for which it is paid in the ordinary way. Here the salaries start at £3OO, anil may reach £OOO, though no women yet have reached the highest positions. Openings are fairly frequent. To qualify for the post under either of these bodies, a girl should first of all take a university degree of some sort, preferably the B.A. (Honours). Then she must take a course of training lasting usually about a year, at the special psychological) laboratories at Cambridge or Manchester. When trained, she can apply to the secretaries of either institute or board. The work demands quick intelligence and an unfailing interest in human nature, and in the improvement of conditions for the worker. Given these essentials, it is a fascinating and distinctly remunerative profession.