PSYC 3020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Psychiatric Hospital, Absenteeism, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Dan Yarmey

Document Summary

Police selection procedures: a set of procedures used by the police either to screen out undesirable candidates or select desirable candidates (features include: fitness level, personality, cognitive abilities) Police are now using social media to recruit potential officers as there may be a shortage in the future as fewer young people are pursuing a career as police. Early uses of psych for this included the stanford-binet intelligence test. 1950s psychiatric screening a routine part of selection. 60s and 70s lead to a higher intelligence requirement for officers. Use of medical exams, background checks, personality tests. Two stages: the job analysis stage (must define a good" police officer) A procedure for identifying the knowledge, skills, and abilities(ksas) that make a good police officer. Can be done informally or by an organizational psychologist. A problem is that ksas of a good police officer can change over time because different types of officers require different ksas.