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Born date
Kenneth Craik was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of James Craik, a solicitor, and Marie Sylvia Craik.. He lived in Edinburgh's Second New Town where he was educated at Edinburgh Academy. He then studied philosophy at University of Edinburgh. Kenneth Craik grew up becoming very knowledgeable at an early age. -
Doctorate
Kenneth received his Doctorate from Cambridge University. -
Second World War
Kenneth Craik and Gordon Butler made major advances on flight simulators for RAF, Royal Air Force. They also did studies on the effects of fatigue on pilots. -
The Nature of explanation
Kenneth Craik wrote the book with emphasis of psychology that refers to the mental illustration explaining thoughts and behaviors. He first laid the foundation for the concept of mental models, that the mind forms models of reality and uses them to predict similar future events. Link text -
Death
Kenneth Craig died at the age of 31 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was struck by a car on his bicycle in the King's Parade May 7th 1945. The next day, May 8th, in the hospital he was pronounced dead. -
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Theory of Human Operators in Control Systems
After death, a two-part paper written by Kenneth Craik, was published by the British Journal of Psychology. -
The Nature of Psychology
A selection of papers and essays written by Kenneth Craik that was left behind unpublished. Dr. Stephen L. Sherwood gathered Kenneth Craik work and sorted them for the project. He left behind many ideas of thinking, decision-making, and models of brain mechanisms