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May Alison Davidson

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becoming its president in 1976. In her presidential address she discussed the need for scientific and applied psychologists to work together.
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during the war. Afterwards she began working as an educational psychologist for the City of Oxford but then shifted her focus to
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She was very involved in government discussions about the role of clinical psychologists and was actively involved in the
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Davidson, May A. (1977). "The scientific/applied debate in psychology: a contribution".
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Davidson was born in South Africa where she graduated from the
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Blackman, Derek (1982). "Obituary - Miss May Davidson".
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