[PSYC 2400] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (44 pages long!)

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Kevin Nunes

Document Summary

Psychological research and clinical practice related to criminal or civil law: police, courts, victims, criminals, procedure to identify and define the ksas that make a good police. Stage 1 job analysis officer"s career. And how do you measure that: e. g. , complaints, commendations, academy exam scores, supervisor ratings, ex: police brutality (cid:523)what we don"t want(cid:524) Applicants" behaviour observed during situational tests (simulations of real- Assessors rated candidates" performance on exercises on 7 dimensions: Written communication were averaged in with assessors" ratings evaluations of candidates" incident reports. Average of 13 performance ratings for each participant (sd = 3. 98; ranged from 2 to 20 ratings) (cid:498)assessment centre performance (oar) correlated . 20 and . 14 with job performance and training, respectively (cid:523)p . 0(cid:887)(cid:524)(cid:499) (cid:523)p. (cid:886)9(cid:524) Do you think innocent people confess: yes, if they feel pressured or are convinced they"re going to get convicted so they try to plea bargain, easily manipulated by police.