Chapter 2
police and public safety psychology - correct answer ✔research and
application of psychological knowledge and clinical skills to law enforcement
and public safety
preemployment psychological screening - correct answer ✔occurs when
psychologists evaluate a person's psychological suitability for police work prior
to being hired
fitness-for-duty evaluation - correct answer ✔psychologists evaluate an
employed police officer's ability to perform the job, typically occurs after the
officer has been through a personally stressful experience, either in his
personal life or on the job
police culture - correct answer ✔rules, attitudes, beliefs and practices that
are through to be accepted among law enforcement officers as an
occupational group
job analysis - correct answer ✔systematic procedure for identifying the skills,
abilities, knowledge, and psychological characteristics that are needed to do
public safety work successfully
americans with disabilities act - correct answer ✔far-reaching civil rights law
that profibits discrimination and mandates equal treatment of all individuals
regardless of physical or mental disabilities
screening-out procedures - correct answer ✔try to eliminate those applicants
who appear to be poorly suited for work in law enforcement
, screening-in procedures - correct answer ✔intended to identify those
attributes that distinguish one job applicant as being potentially a more
effective officer than another
concurrent validity - correct answer ✔degree to which a test or an inventory
identifies a person's current performance on the dimensions and tasks the test
is supposed to measure
predictive validity - correct answer ✔degree to which an inventory predicts a
person's subsequent performance on the dimensions or attributes the
inventory is designed to measure
face (content) validity - correct answer ✔what the test superficially appears
to measure
commonly used inventories in police screening - correct answer ✔-
minnesota multiphasic personality inventory- revised (MMPI-2)
-inwald personality inventory (IPI)
-california psychological inventory (CPI)
-personality assessment inventory (PAI)
-NEO personality inventory-revised (NEO PI-R)
-sixteen personality factor questionnaire-fifth edition (16-PF)
minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-revised (MMPI-2) - correct
answer ✔-primarily a measure of abnormal behavior
-better for screening out than screening in
-less efficient at detecting positive qualities that might be helpful for law
enforcement
-557 questions
police and public safety psychology - correct answer ✔research and
application of psychological knowledge and clinical skills to law enforcement
and public safety
preemployment psychological screening - correct answer ✔occurs when
psychologists evaluate a person's psychological suitability for police work prior
to being hired
fitness-for-duty evaluation - correct answer ✔psychologists evaluate an
employed police officer's ability to perform the job, typically occurs after the
officer has been through a personally stressful experience, either in his
personal life or on the job
police culture - correct answer ✔rules, attitudes, beliefs and practices that
are through to be accepted among law enforcement officers as an
occupational group
job analysis - correct answer ✔systematic procedure for identifying the skills,
abilities, knowledge, and psychological characteristics that are needed to do
public safety work successfully
americans with disabilities act - correct answer ✔far-reaching civil rights law
that profibits discrimination and mandates equal treatment of all individuals
regardless of physical or mental disabilities
screening-out procedures - correct answer ✔try to eliminate those applicants
who appear to be poorly suited for work in law enforcement
, screening-in procedures - correct answer ✔intended to identify those
attributes that distinguish one job applicant as being potentially a more
effective officer than another
concurrent validity - correct answer ✔degree to which a test or an inventory
identifies a person's current performance on the dimensions and tasks the test
is supposed to measure
predictive validity - correct answer ✔degree to which an inventory predicts a
person's subsequent performance on the dimensions or attributes the
inventory is designed to measure
face (content) validity - correct answer ✔what the test superficially appears
to measure
commonly used inventories in police screening - correct answer ✔-
minnesota multiphasic personality inventory- revised (MMPI-2)
-inwald personality inventory (IPI)
-california psychological inventory (CPI)
-personality assessment inventory (PAI)
-NEO personality inventory-revised (NEO PI-R)
-sixteen personality factor questionnaire-fifth edition (16-PF)
minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-revised (MMPI-2) - correct
answer ✔-primarily a measure of abnormal behavior
-better for screening out than screening in
-less efficient at detecting positive qualities that might be helpful for law
enforcement
-557 questions
