The editorial proposes an institutional applied-psychology profession: thorough laboratory training without a full medical course, routine technical duties under a superintendent, and physician-level rank and salary for stability¶

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q1 i? The proposed institutional psychologist receives thorough laboratory training but not a full medical course, serves as a practical psychologist whose routine work is his main business, and holds rank and salary about that of a physician. → Are We Afraid of Competition? The Function of Examinations 1910

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Are We Afraid of Competition? The Function of Examinations 1910¶

Are We Afraid of Competition? The Function of Examinations. (1910). The Journal of Educational Psychology, 1. https://psycnet.apa.org/journal/edu

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An editorial proposal, not a study: the author specifies the conditions of a new professional position in institutional applied psychology, saying the rank and salary should be "about that of a physician" for stability, that laboratory training should be thorough without a full medical course, and that women might well qualify for the position.

"Women might well qualify for the position and find it an attractive field. The rank and salary should be about that of a physician"

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