1 9 7 1 ▁with ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁the ▁increasing ▁and ▁diff using ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁computers ▁in ▁psych ological ▁research . ▁ ▁SC i P ▁is ▁an ▁organization ▁of ▁research ers ▁interested ▁in ▁applications ▁of ▁computational ▁techniques ▁and ▁methods ▁in ▁psych ology . ▁One ▁focus ▁over ▁the ▁past ▁several ▁years ▁has ▁been ▁on ▁a iding ▁psych olog ists ▁in ▁using ▁computers ▁in ▁their ▁teaching ▁and ▁research , ▁statistical ▁analysis ▁tools , ▁web - based ▁research , ▁clin ical ▁applications , ▁and ▁computational ▁mod elling . ▁The ▁Society ▁has ▁also ▁encourag ed ▁consideration ▁of ▁psych ological ▁aspects ▁of ▁hardware ▁and ▁software ▁development ▁and ▁design . ▁M emb ership ▁is ▁open ▁to ▁any ▁person ▁who ▁has ▁an ▁academic ▁degree ▁and ▁who ▁is ▁active ▁in ▁scientific ▁applications ▁of ▁computers ▁to ▁psych ological ▁research . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁society ' s ▁found ing ▁was ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Donald ▁T ep as ▁who ▁asked ▁for ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ' s ▁Office ▁of ▁Comput ing ▁Activ ities . ▁T ep as ▁wanted ▁help ▁with ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁inter e active ▁system ▁for ▁searches . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁NS F ▁suggested ▁that ▁a ▁conference ▁be ▁arranged ▁and ▁its ▁proceed ings ▁published , ▁which ▁was ▁indeed ▁done . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Dr . ▁Christopher ▁R . ▁Wol fe ▁documented ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁for ▁Comput ers ▁in ▁Psych ology ▁in ▁Be havior ▁Research ▁Method s : ▁SC i P ▁history ▁may ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁er as :