Matching -Lateral Entry

question 25

Multiple Choice

Matching
-Lateral entry

• A) Focuses on the process that establishes valid thinking patterns
• B) Upheld the department's requirement of 45 hours of college credit
• C) The art and science of helping adults learn
• D) A measure's ability to yield consistent results over time
• E) Attempts to prepare officers for specific tasks
• F) The process of providing a general body of knowledge on which decisions can be based as to why something is being done while performing the job
• G) The art and science of teaching children
• H) The degree to which a measure actually assesses the attribute it is designed to measure
• I) Can involve training within or outside the department and it attempts to match the needs of the individual with those of the department
• J) The ability of a police officer to transfer from one department to another, usually without losing seniority

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Definitions:

Stimuli

External or internal events that elicit a physiological or psychological response.

Superstitious Behaviors

Actions linked to beliefs in supernatural causality, where an individual believes that a particular behavior will influence outcomes, irrespective of any logical connection.

Operant Conditioning

Operant conditioning is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together; an unconditioned stimulus and a neutral stimulus, eventually causing the neutral stimulus to elicit the conditioned response alone.