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Am Psychol. 2011 Sep;66(6):495-506. doi: 10.1037/a0024818.
Psychologists have been an integral part of national security agencies since World War I, when psychological science helped in personnel selection. A robust infrastructure supporting wider applications of psychology to military and intelligence problems developed further during World War II and the years following, primarily in the areas of testing, human factors, perception, and the decision sciences. Although the nature of the attacks on 9/11 raised the level of perceived need for increased human-based intelligence, the impacts of psychologists on the policies and practices of national security agencies in the decade since have not increased significantly.
心理学家自第一次世界大战以来一直是国家安全机构不可或缺的一部分，当时心理学科学有助于人员选拔。在第二次世界大战及之后的几年里，主要在测试、人为因素、感知和决策科学等领域，进一步发展了支持更广泛地将心理学应用于军事和情报问题的强大基础设施。尽管 9/11 袭击的性质提高了人们对增加基于人力的情报的需求程度，但心理学家在过去十年对国家安全机构的政策和实践的影响并没有显著增加。
