PSYC 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Job Analysis, Ambivalence
17 Dec 2012
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Valid police selection procedures: that allows police agencies to effectively screen out applicant who possess undesirable characteristics or select applicants who posses desirable characteristics. This can include physical fitness, cognitive abilities, personality, and performance on various job- related tasks. Terman test the iqs of 30 police officers & firefighters and averaged that future applicants scores should be 80. Also used personality tests in mid 20th centaury. Has become more formilized where police selection procedures have become wider. There are two separate stages to this process: Stage one: referred to as the job analysis stage, must define the knowledge, skills, and abilities of a good police officer. Job analysis: involves the procedure to identify and define the ksas that make a good police officer. Other time job analysis can happen more informal by asking them what they think are the right qualities for the job.
