日后成为英国精神分析学家和群体动力学研究先驱的威尔弗雷德·比昂(Wilfred Bion),在第一次世界大战期间曾担任坦克指挥官。对于大多数从未坐过坦克的人来说,坦克是一个非常狭小的“工作环境”。然而,就是在这样的“工作环境”中,比昂却获得了许多关于小群体行为的知识。战争结束后,比昂开始思考,如何将他在服兵役时掌握到的一些知识运用到医学治疗上。他的研究引起了很多人 Wilfred Bion, later a British psychoanalyst and pioneer in group dynamics, served as tank commander during the First World War. For most people who have never been in a tank, the tank is a very small “working environment.” However, it is in this “working environment” that Bion has gained much knowledge of the behavior of small groups. After the war ended, Bion began to ponder how to apply some of the knowledge he had in military service to medical treatment. His research has caused a lot of people