Question

What’s the relationship between psychoanalysis and mainstream academic psychology?

Answer 1

Psychometric testing or psychoanalysis, is a very important aspect of academic psychology. Individuals are absolutely clueless about what would they like to do for a living. The ultimate aim of academic psychology is to help individuals shape their careers. Finding the right job for one self can be the most stressful situation to be in. In order to shape one's future career, it is very important to make the right decision of the job that an individual would want to take up. It is very important to know 'what do you want'. Most people even after graduation are clueless about what do they want to do with their career. It's firstly important for a person to know what exactly do they want, and which job would personally satisfy them. Taking a job for the sake of it would add credentials to your resume but personally would be very dissatisfying. There is a plethora of psychometric tests that help an individual understand their abilities and interests. Aptitude tests like, DBDA, DAT and interest schedules like Thurston's, would be of great help to individuals who are unaware of their capabilities and these tests would help them know what they want which is likely to increase the chances of person-job fit and a better career.