| Abstract: | The history of the application of psychological findings to problems of education, occupational adjustment, and social adjustment is reviewed. Data on occupational choices, social status of various occupations, dissatisfaction with life work, and related matters are presented. 2 case histories are outlined in fair detail. One of these is cited as "a concrete example of the kind of vocational counseling needed to conserve human talent in our society." The other illustrates "a general failure of our society, in the past, to recognize and to utilize 'better than average scholastic and mechanical aptitude' from the time he left school at the turn of the century to the time of a national emergency." Problems involving resistance to hiring properly qualified, physically handicapped persons, failure to utilize the ever increasing number and proportion of older persons in our society, and widespread minority group discrimination are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the role of educational and vocational counseling in reducing and preventing occupational counseling in reducing and preventing occupational maladjustment in our society. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
