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usually boils down to a quite
encountering this tendency
in friends and acquaintances .
It is the tendency to get things
nowadays most psychologists would agree that it is
For although looking inwards ( or " introspecting "
round " . He is far more likely to find out about how
one of the most unreliable methods of getting
his own mind works by looking at other people's .
as it is called ) , is not entirely ruled out ,
This is what I mean by " getting things the wrong way
any precise information .
person they observe his visible behaviour and then try
And so they prefer objective methods . Since they cannot
this behaviour . This is no more queer than the method
of the doctor who observes signs , and records symptoms ,
directly look into the mental processes of another
to give theoretical interpretations of what lies behind
and diagnoses the inner states responsible for them .
to be prepared to observe and make inferences about
all kinds of processes in other people , whether or not they
psychology is concerned - these patterns are the concern of
very little about the patterns of brain-activity which
He may never have had the disease himself but he
correspond with anything in his own experience . We know
the neuro-physiologists .
can nevertheless identify it . Similarly the psychologist has
provide our schemas , nor do we need to know as far as
therefore selected . A detailed age-structure was
compiled from personnel department records ,
five just fifty years of age .
weekly wage-earners up to chargehand level
The numerically largest group , consisting of male
thirty-three aged sixty-four years , and sixty-
teen men seventy years of age or older ,
revealing that there were ( at that time ) seven-
and in the works only , excluding the offices , was
A small panel was formed , not on a formally representative
those seventy years of age or older .
problems faced by older workers , and approached
from various levels in the firm . In due course
basis but rather of energetic and concerned individuals ,
the panel decided to seek further insight into the
fourth year , and opportunity has been taken
The Rubery , Owen scheme is now in its
to revise the course in the light of
5 . Financial planning 6 . Final discussion
now as follows : 1 . Personal adjustment 2 . Health
experience . Topics for the six weekly meetings
of one-and-a-half hours ( each held half in
company time , half in the man's time ) are
3 . Work and leisure 4 . Living arrangements
which takes place at company expense in a country or
taken part .
The weekend conference for the men and their wives ,
plenary sessions . Of the men reaching fifty years of age
discussions are arranged for the wives in addition to the
since the scheme started , 125 ( 37.2 per cent ) have
resort hotel , includes an address on ' The Woman's Point
of View ' and one on ' Making the Most of Health ' . Separate
personnel department or by an approach to
members of the panel responsible for the scheme .
fresher courses at the ages of fifty-five and sixty :
working out his ideas , either through the company's
the first of these is due in 1963 . Meanwhile , each
' graduate ' is encouraged to seek help and advice in
The original scheme was planned to provide short re-
Towards the end of 1956 , Mr. Daniel Grant ,
Workers' Educational Association , submitted
Hood , a copy of his report on an enquiry
advisers , but are prepared to seek out the
he had made into the problems that beset
an Employee Relations Officer of
Rolls-Royce Ltd. and a member of the
to the Lord Provost of Glasgow , Dr. Andrew
The latter do not regard themselves as expert
older workers and the effects of retirement
appropriate sources of information or advice .
Hugentobler Roger
Health of Retired Workers ' , and being satisfied that the matters
arranging a Conference on Preparation for and
committee representative of bodies particularly concerned with
The Lord Provost , having studied the report on ' The Morale and
the welfare of older people to examine the report and
its implications and to consider the advisability of
Glasgow and warranted further study , set an informal
raised were of considerable importance to the citizens of
Occupational Activities on Retirement .
reflected not only an increasing awareness
concerted action towards preparing men
crafts , hobbies and leisure-time interests
for those who are retired .
and women for life in retirement and more
The large attendance and atmosphere of
this Conference , held in October , 1957 ,
desire on the part of all concerned for
adequate provision of facilities for
of the problems of men and women nearing
or already in retirement but also a strong
of psychology , education and social science ; ... .