[2] His advisor was Walter R. Miles, and his thesis focused on producing artificial chromaesthesia by the technique of controlled response.
[4][5] While in the Navy, Kelly was credited with discovering a common cause of military aviation crashes: cadets could not judge their distance from a plane with only one tail light.
[1] Kelly conducted a number of studies assessing job performance and qualifications for professional training, with a particular emphasis on the field of clinical psychology.
[8] Furthermore, Kelly developed criterion measures of the several tasks which clinical psychologists are expected to perform in their training and later careers.
His main findings were that personality adjustment, rather than social or cultural factors, were the basis for marital compatibility.
[10] In 1948–49, Kelly chaired the Executive Committee for the Boulder Conference on Graduate Training in Clinical Psychology.
To do that, they need to complete monitored field work, receive research training, and attend seminars and lectures that strengthen their knowledge of psychology.
This model argues that having sufficient knowledge and background in both research academia and applied practice enhances the psychologist's skills and abilities.