314 Transactions ot section i. 



2. Some Experiments on the Reproduction of Folk Stories. 



By F. Bartlett. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 



Joint Meetiyig ivith the Section and with Section F. — See above, p. 308. j 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 

 The following Papers were read : — 

 1. Hypnotism and Mental Analysis. By Dr. W. Brown. ^ 



2. Some Suggestions for a General Institute of Applied Psychology. 



By Thurkill Cooke. 



This paper sets forth the raison d'etre and first elements of the scheme for 

 the foundation of a General Institute. 



Such an Institute has been iong felt to be an urgent national need, and, 

 moreover, has been recently rendered imperative, in view of the increase of 

 psychological cases, both military and civil. These cases make their influence 

 apparent in every sphere of life, and contribute in no small measure to that 

 general restlessness and dislocation of the social oraer which is the natural 

 reaction of -war. 



Objects. 



According to the scheme, the objects of the required centre axe : — 



1. Psycho-physical Research. 



2. The Application of Psychological Method to the Needs of Life. 



In pursuance of this two-fold aim, it is proposed at first to devote attention 

 to those departments in which the demand for reconstruction is most urgent, 

 e.g. education, law, medicine, and industry. 



1. With regard to research, it is evident that any far-reaching change which 

 may be desired — as, for instance, in the educational or the penal system — must 

 depend not merely upon the general progress, but upon a special organisation 

 of science. 



2. With regard to the application of method, here it is that, given a well- 

 equipped centre, immediate work may be done. To meet the situation, it is 

 essential that the initial work should be, in the main, diagnostic and educative. 



Foundation Principle. 



The proposed centre is a General Institute. It will be general both in 

 respect of its scientific method and, with the regulation specified hereunder, 

 in respect of the material with which it will deal. 



This feature is the basic principle of the scheme, and among the reasons , 

 for its adoption are : — j 



1. It is both the scientific and the practical requirement, | 



Scientific, because it is in accordance with the historic development of I 

 psychology, which is the product, not of one science, but of a number of 

 sciences ; 



Practical, because all psychological data are more or less allied ; the lines ji 

 of demarcation are not always, at first sight, distinct; and, in practice, no || 



1 See ' Treatment of Shell Shock in an Advanced Neurological Centre,' 

 Lancet, Aug., 1918; 'War Neurosis,' Lancet, April, 1919; 'Hypnotism, Sug- || 

 gestion, and Dissociation,' British Medical Journal, June, 1919. ' 



