Deck 4: The Social Psychology of Cops Values

Question 1

Caldero's reanalysis of police values found that

A)contemporary education had a significant impact on the values carried by individual officers.
B)ethnic differences accounted for changes in instrumental values (means).
C)modern-day police officers carry value systems remarkably similar to the value systems of the officers studied by Rokeach 30 years ago.
D)all of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Researchers often compare , that is, groups that share important demographic characteristics such as sex, age, and education.

Answer 2

matched groups

Question 3

Milton Rokeach characterized society as being comprised of two groups, the police and the

A)civilians.
B)assholes.
C)policed.
D)brass.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Rokeach survey focused on values, which Rokeach defined as "an enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to (its) opposite."

Question 5

The 1998 investigation of Zhao and his colleagues found police values are strongly influenced by

A)length of employment.
B)education at the college level.
C)gender.
D)none of the above

Question 6

The issue of representativeness asks whether research findings from a particular group accurately reflect the entire population of similar groups nationwide.

Question 7

The process by which a recruit learns the values, beliefs, habits, and norms of the organization into which he or she is hired is called .

Question 8

Rokeach found that police value systems were

A)different from those of the policed.
B)the same as those of the policed.
C)highly variable from one individual to another.
D)none of the above

Question 9

A means-ends conflict could be defined as a conflict between

A)instrumental values and terminal values.
B)external accountability and internal accountability.
C)economic corruption and noble-cause corruption.
D)cynicism and passion.

Question 10

Rokeach data suggest that police place a high value on professional fulfillment that takes place within the framework of a social organization that is

A)democratic and egalitarian.
B)authority-dominated and rule-oriented.
C)broad-minded and cheerful.
D)flexible and independent.

Question 11

Rokeach's 1971 survey found police values are strongly affected by an officer's

A)ethnicity.
B)education.
C)occupational socialization.
D)none of the above

Question 12

Which terminal value is more important to the police than to the general public

A)a world at peace
B)family security
C)equality
D)social recognition

Question 13

An exciting life, accomplishment, family security, and mature love are examples of terminal values that Rokeach found were important to police.

Question 14

Rokeach found that the socialization to important police values

A)occurred prior to when a person becomes a police officer.
B)occurred during the early years of police service.
C)was a result of the influence of the training officer.
D)varied from department to department.

Question 15

Preferred end-states could also be called .

Question 16

Courage, loyalty, and responsibility are examples of values relating to modes of conduct.

Question 17

A statement of relationship between two variables is called a .

Question 18

The goal of ethics training is to

A)change police values.
B)weaken commitment to the noble cause.
C)change how police apply their values to their work.
D)weed out unpromising recruits.

Question 19

Instrumental values are the means or behaviors we think are acceptable.

Question 20

Value systems are organized sets of beliefs relating to preferred modes of conduct and end-states of being.

Question 21

Emulation means

A)burning on a funeral pyre.
B)following a role model.
C)absorbing and incorporating the information presented in training.
D)learning to think for oneself.

Question 22

The power of the "somatic net" is especially acute in

A)annual evaluations.
B)rational decisionmaking.
C)rapid response situations.
D)upside-down bureaucracies.

Question 23

When faced with making a decision in a situation in which our actions may have unknown outcomes, emotions

A)may increase the extent to which we believe our actions will produce particular results.
B)assist with the process of balancing multiple facts in order to reach a decision.
C)Both a and b are true.
D)Neither a nor b is true.

Question 24

According to Damasio (1994), when we make a choice and act on it, the outcome of our action has a lasting emotional effect that tells us if we were rewarded or not.This is known as a

A)boomerang effect.
B)value system.
C)emulation.
D)somatic marker.

Question 25

The Rodney King beating has been interpreted as evidence of a deviant subculture within the L.A.police department primarily because

A)it involved more than 20 officers, including trainers.
B)the officers involved were given orders from a sergeant on the scene.
C)the chief publicly condoned the officers' actions.
D)most of the officers involved were later promoted.

Question 26

Skolnick's "symbolic assailant" is an example of

A)terminal values.
B)emulation.
C)matched groups.
D)preconscious decisionmaking.

Question 27

In order to effect change within a department, the chief and commanders must lead through

A)intimidation.
B)education and training.
C)discipline.
D)emulation.

Question 28

Baron and Banaji (2006) found that fully developed racial bias emerged

A)in children by the age of six.
B)in adolescents when they began dating.
C)after exposure to different cultural groups through military service.
D)in beat cops because of interactions with hostile minority groups.

Question 29

The sum of our somatic markers becomes

A)a zero sum game.
B)a somatic net.
C)a somatic profile.
D)occupational socialization.