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Posted by JSho
- Apr 11, 2002, 02:54 AMdispatchgal,
I haven't heard anything back yet about the psycholohgical which I took two weeks ago but did get a message saying "please call us to schedule you for the next step in the process" followed my another message saying "ignore that message, I realized you've already completed it and we've started on your background." So I'm assuming that means the psych was OK. If so, next should be the medical exam and finally the interview with the chief. Can't beleive it's been 6 months since I first applied!!! (If anyone's confused, this is the department that did "pass" me on the CVSA, not the one that failed me on the poly.)
Those MMPI questions really are so strange - never occurred to me that it might matter that NO I do not enjoy reading mechanical magazines.
I haven't heard anything back yet about the psycholohgical which I took two weeks ago but did get a message saying "please call us to schedule you for the next step in the process" followed my another message saying "ignore that message, I realized you've already completed it and we've started on your background." So I'm assuming that means the psych was OK. If so, next should be the medical exam and finally the interview with the chief. Can't beleive it's been 6 months since I first applied!!! (If anyone's confused, this is the department that did "pass" me on the CVSA, not the one that failed me on the poly.)
Those MMPI questions really are so strange - never occurred to me that it might matter that NO I do not enjoy reading mechanical magazines.
Posted by beech trees
- Apr 10, 2002, 10:21 PMhttp://www.deltabravo.net/custody/psychtests.htm
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) instrument, the restandardized version of the original MMPI® instrument, is an empirically-based assessment of adult psychopathology. The MMPI-2 instrument, provided by NCS, is the standard that mental health professionals use to help measure psychopathology across a broad range of client settings. The MMPI-2 instrument is used by clinicians in hospitals, clinics, counseling programs, and private practice to assist with the diagnosis of mental disorders and the selection of an appropriate treatment method.
Derived from the original MMPI instrument, the MMPI-2 instrument preserves the most valuable features of the original assessment while addressing contemporary concerns to provide better descriptive and diagnostic information for clients today. The MMPI-2 instrument contains items appropriate and relevant to current test-takers. Special effort has been made to eliminate sexist wording and outmoded content. Duplicate items and items with objectionable content have also been eliminated.
The MMPI-2 consists of 567 statements to which the subject responds with true, false, or cannot say. It was designed primarily for adults and has not yet been used for children (although the 1992 MMPI-A was designed for adolescents). The items cover a wide range of topics, including attitudes on religion and sexual practices, perceptions of health, political ideas, information on family, education, and occupation, and displays of symptoms known to be exhibited by certain groups of mentally disturbed people.
The normative sample of the MMPI-2 instrument consists of 1,138 males and 1,462 females between the ages of 18 and 80 from several geographic regions and diverse communities within the U.S. The sample is much larger and more nationally representative than that of the original MMPI instrument.
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) instrument, the restandardized version of the original MMPI® instrument, is an empirically-based assessment of adult psychopathology. The MMPI-2 instrument, provided by NCS, is the standard that mental health professionals use to help measure psychopathology across a broad range of client settings. The MMPI-2 instrument is used by clinicians in hospitals, clinics, counseling programs, and private practice to assist with the diagnosis of mental disorders and the selection of an appropriate treatment method.
Derived from the original MMPI instrument, the MMPI-2 instrument preserves the most valuable features of the original assessment while addressing contemporary concerns to provide better descriptive and diagnostic information for clients today. The MMPI-2 instrument contains items appropriate and relevant to current test-takers. Special effort has been made to eliminate sexist wording and outmoded content. Duplicate items and items with objectionable content have also been eliminated.
The MMPI-2 consists of 567 statements to which the subject responds with true, false, or cannot say. It was designed primarily for adults and has not yet been used for children (although the 1992 MMPI-A was designed for adolescents). The items cover a wide range of topics, including attitudes on religion and sexual practices, perceptions of health, political ideas, information on family, education, and occupation, and displays of symptoms known to be exhibited by certain groups of mentally disturbed people.
The normative sample of the MMPI-2 instrument consists of 1,138 males and 1,462 females between the ages of 18 and 80 from several geographic regions and diverse communities within the U.S. The sample is much larger and more nationally representative than that of the original MMPI instrument.
Posted by therock
- Apr 10, 2002, 05:04 PMThe psychological exam is somewhat similar to the polygraph in a sense is that it takes something outrageous on behalf of the applicant to disqualify him. For example the pseudoscience called the polygraph cannot determine who lies from who doesn't. The only real way to fail it is to make admissions that disqualify oneself. The same with the psychological. If you've never had psychological issues and answer most questions "normally", for example if you answer yes to suicidal tendancies, there's a big red flag. Many police departments from my experience use the psychological to cover their rears should they already have an applicant picked out. For example I have taken 4 psychs, failed one, but have passed 3. Police departments use the excuse that if one fails a psych it's not due to them being "crazy", but that they do not possess the psychological profile the desired dept is seeking. For example one question I can recall from the MMPI2 is questions such as I love reading mechanic magazines. Chicago PD may like hands on type of individuals while New York City Police Dept is not looking for those types of individuals. It's weird, but then again so is the whole process.
Posted by dispatchgal
- Apr 10, 2002, 04:39 PMJsho,
did you pass the psyche? How did they notify you? Were you called or did they send you a letter? How long did it take to get your results? Have you done the medical yet?
Thanks for any info.
did you pass the psyche? How did they notify you? Were you called or did they send you a letter? How long did it take to get your results? Have you done the medical yet?
Thanks for any info.
Posted by jim
- Mar 31, 2002, 03:20 AMThank you for your info. I do not believe you can fail the exam unless you give out some outrageous answers. Anyway, I'm positive you have done well.
Posted by JSho
- Mar 31, 2002, 02:03 AMI was asked by "Jim" to relate my psychological exam experience although it is not directly relevant to this board. As I was told, the exam took 5 hours. Ten of us arrived at 8:30am and were placed in a room of separated booths where we were presented with a stack of six exams. Each exam consisted of between 250 and 500 questions to be answered "true" or "false." One of the exams was the famous "MMPI" which I have taken before when first visiting psychologists. Questions include "True of False - Sometimes I feel like smashing things," "at parties, I am usually the one to stay in a corner or talk to only one person," "sometimes I like to do things just for the thrill of it," "my father is/was a good man," "someone has tried to poison me," "I know there is only one true religion" and so on. After finishing these six tests, we met with the psychologist one at a time for a total of 15 minutes. He asked why I wanted to be an officer, what my hobbies were, whether I had received counseling or medication in the past. The whole experience seemed very painless and perfunctory but I will find out for sure if I "passed" next week.