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A physchologist named Kenneth Craik
On March 29th, 1914 in Edinburgh, Kenneth Craik was born into a well off family as an only child whose backgrounds consisted of lawyers on his grandfather's/father's side and his mother being a published novelist herself. -
Honors
In 1935 Kenneth Craik had graduated top honors from the Edinburgh Academy School having studied Philosophy and working for and along with Mr. James Drever Sr. (Mr. Drever was the first Professor of Psychology for the school) -
Cambridge and the War
1936-1939 He went on to work in the Department of Experimental Psychology in Cambridge. Here he was able to research was vision adaptation. This focus allowed him to play a pivotal role when it came to the war by studying radar operators eye vision and the use of filters/goggles for antiaircraft gunners. These studies would be done in secrecy and kept classified until a later time. Other topics were on creating working models of electrical and mechanical experiments. -
PHD
completed his PHD thesis on visual adaptation he had previously worked on and now awarded. -
Human Experiment
During 1941 and 1942 he spent time studying the adaptation of brightness and sensitivy along side with Magdalen Vernon (Maggie) who was also a Psychologist herself. During this time he also researched the affects of eye pressure and the exposure of Benzendrine and lastly night vision. He would collect date by often testing many of his theories on himself. One of them having himself stare at the sun at its highest point of the day/evening and comparing the effects over a period of time. -
Nature of Explanation
The only book he would ever complete and have published himself. The book covered many of his ideologies that would later be praised by the scientific community, even Einstein himself. This book detailed his thoughts regarding mental models when applying physical and mental outcomes and assumptions. Bringing the phsycial world and the mind together to be able to make sound predictions and from there bring clarity in error in the predictions itself. Even applying it to sciencetific machines. -
One last ride
One late evening was riding his bicycle, Mr. Kenneth was involved in an accident that lunged him into an oncoming truck that later resulted in his death that evening on early next morning on the 8th of May. His parents along with himself all share the same burial site. -
Recognition
Although he was only known of in a small scientific groups by participating here and there, his main recognition came after his death. His work carried, shared, and revised by friends and colleagues would later be published as The Nature of Psychology. Until now the University of Cambridge recognizes the department of Experimental Psychology/Psychology Development/Department of Neuro Science as The Craik Marshall Building. The small scientific research group declaring 1943 as the turning point.
