PSYC 3020 Lecture 2: Lecture 2

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: kaitlyn mclaughin

Document Summary

Police in canada police tasked with solving high volume of challenging crimes (1. 9 million criminal code incidents in 2016 police strength: 190 per 100000 (eoughly 68773 police in 2016) Developing police selection instruments step 1: conducting a job analysis: job analysis - involved a procedure to identify and de ne relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities (ksas) of a good" police of cer, challenges: Ksas may not be stable over time, making task complicated. Different levels and jobs require different ksas. Tuesday, january 15, 2019: police selection instrument validity: Selection interview: one of most common police selection instruments; designed to assess ksas in applicant ( exible, varies by agency); limited research and mixed evidence for validity from i/o studies. Psychological tests:common used, some clinical, others speci c to police selection; cognitive ability tests (typically asses verbal, mathematical, memory, and reasoning abilities; better prediction during training vs. future on-the-job performance); personality tests (minnesota multiphase personality inventory -