Psychological testing and many other areas of psychology have suffered markedly from a lack of understanding by the American public. The public has lost many benefits to be derived from psychology. A Department of Public Affairs should be established in the APA to inform and educate the public concerning the problems and benefits of testing and to make the theories, methods, and findings of psychologists understood by, and useful to, as many people as possible.
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