John Clemans Flanagan

7 January 1906 – 15 April 1996

John Clemans Flanagan was an American psychologist most known for developing the Critical Incident Technique, which identifies and classifies behaviors associated with the success or failure of human activity. In 1946, he founded the American Institutes for Research, a not-for-profit behavioral and social research organization that applied the Critical Incident Technique to education and other fields. In 1960, Flanagan initiated Project Talent, a massive survey of more than 400,000 high school students throughout the United States. Among the honors Flanagan received were: Legion of Merit by