PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Assessment Centre, Domestic Disturbance, Job Performance
27 Feb 2018
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Police selection process: stage 1: job analysis. Procedure to identify and define the ksa"s (knowledge, skills, abilities) that make a good police officer. Different ksa"s may be important at different times over a police officer"s career. Lack of consensus about what ksa"s are important. But most agree that the following are important: Honesty, reliability, sensitivity to others, good communication skills, high motivation, problem-solving skills, and being a team player: stage 2: construction and validation of assessment instrument. E. g. , complaints, commendations, academy exam scores, supervisor ratings: selection interview. Usually semi-structured interview: psychological tests, assessment centres. How much agreement b/t different raters of the same applicant: predictive validity. How strongly is the predictor (e. g. , police selection instrument) related to the outcome of interest (e. g. , performance on the job): can range from -1. 00 to +1. 00. 1. 00 = perfect negative relationship: +1. 00 = perfect positive relationship.
