CLEP Intro to Psychology Exam Prep

Answer: B - More than 90% of police officers undergo some kind of psychological testing.
Key Takeaway: Psychological testing and evaluation is an important part of police officer recruitment and training. Psychological testing is designed to uncover previously undiagnosed clinical, personality and social disorders that the future police officer may have. For some benign issues such as depression, a police recruit may still be able to join the police academy. If the tests show that the officer has a serious psychological disorder such as narcissistic personality disorder, they would be disqualified. Other uses for psychological testing is to help current police officers deal with traumatic incidences such as discovering the bodies of murdered children.