Word: testing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...begin with, each candidate is asked to write a brief autobiography specifically aimed at revealing emotional instability. He then takes a psychological sentence-completion test and an exam known as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. If his responses raise any doubts about him, the candidate must go before a board of three psychiatrists. About 40% of the applicants each year are rejected because of either the psychological tests or a past record of instability turned up in a background check. At the police academy, the new recruit takes the California Test of Mental Maturity, the Watson-Glaser Judgmental Test...
...Detector Test. Psychologists agree that every batch of fresh police recruits includes a small percentage who are attracted by the idea of force and like the feeling, as a retired officer in New Orleans put it, "that you carry half the power of God on your hip." Chicago's is one of a growing number of departments-about 10% of all the police agencies in the country-that employ sophisticated testing techniques to identify character disorders early...
...city departments such as Los Angeles and Boston generally use a variety of tests combined with psychiatric interviews. A number of departments throw in a polygraph (lie detector) test...
Detroit had its own test prepared. It is a 100-question exam that Medical Director Dr. George Moriarty says sifts out "emotional instability, stress and strain, sadistic inclinations, those not really interested in a police career, borderline cases and homos." In Cincinnati, groups of ten police applicants at a time take part in two-hour bull sessions on such topics as homosexuality and minority groups. Psychologists listen in, and observe their every move...
...over job candidates. Atlanta Police Chief Herbert Jenkins relies on dozens of interviews with the applicant's acquaintances. "We're looking for a man who is able to get along with people, period," says Jenkins. "That may sound very amateurish, but it's the best psychological test that can be made...