The Depression itself had considerable effect on the development of industrial psychology. While it may have slowed growth in some directions, it nevertheless opened many additional areas for survey. After the depression the importance of employee attitudes began to be recognized consequently much development since that time bas been in this area.
World War II was also a major factor in the growth of psychology in industry. Although the American Association for applied Psychology was formed in 1937 as the official organization of industrial psychology, it was the huge psychological contribution to the war effort which proved to so many people that applied psychology had important and practical contributions to offer.
Also developed were selection programs for officers, various training programs of specialized types and job analysis and perform ace evaluation techniques.
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