What Are Common Problems Encountered by Those Who Wish to Conduct

question 12

Multiple Choice

What are common problems encountered by those who wish to conduct research on the validity of police screening?

• A)Applicants try to present themselves in a positive light.
• B)Applicants who do poorly on screening evaluations are eliminated from the pool of applicants so one cannot evaluate whether predictions of poor
• Performance would have been valid.
• C)Testing actual police performance in the field is time-consuming and expensive.
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

Factitious Disorder

A psychological disorder characterized by the deliberate fabrication of symptoms or self-infliction of injury in order to assume the sick role without external incentives.

Munchausen Syndrome

Munchausen Syndrome is a psychiatric disorder wherein individuals purposely feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves.

Somatic Symptom Disorder

A mental disorder characterized by an excessive focus on physical symptoms, such as pain or fatigue, that causes major emotional distress and difficulties in functioning.

Factitious Disorder

A mental disorder in which a person acts as if they have a physical or mental illness when they are not really sick, to assume the sick role and gain medical attention.