Considering the Findings of the Hiring in the Spirit of Service

question 58

Essay

Considering the findings of the Hiring in the Spirit of Service project, do you think the community should be included in police recruitment and hiring? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

The educational process of repeatedly pairing two stimuli, where initially the second stimulus elicits a response that eventually is elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.

Another Stimulus

Refers to an additional or different stimulus that can affect the response in a conditioning or learning scenario.

Conditioning

The process of learning associations between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses, typically divided into classical and operant conditioning.