As a Police Selection Instrument,research Suggests That Situational Tests Have

question 20

Multiple Choice

As a police selection instrument,research suggests that situational tests have:

• A)no predictive validity
• B)extremely high predictive validity
• C)moderate predictive validity
• D)no research has been conducted on the predictive validity of situational tests
• E)results of studies that have been conducted are inconclusive

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Definitions:

Plasticity

A property of the brain that causes it to change through experience, drugs, or injury.

Epigenetics

Epigenetics involves the study of changes in gene expression that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, often influenced by environmental factors.

Neurogenesis

The process by which new neurons are formed in the brain.

Neural Pruning

The process by which extra neurons and synaptic connections are eliminated to increase the efficiency of neuronal transmissions.