Chapter Eight.2

Question 1

The following is a characteristic of an effective plan ?

Answer 1

The plan must be sufficiently specified
The plan must be coordinated in its development and implementation within the police department
The plan should contain a degree of flexibility.

Question 2

The following are major decision making models :
Rational
Incremental
Heuristic
What is NOT? a major decision making model ?

Answer 2

Timelines

Question 3

Which decision making model is an antithesis to the rational model ?

Answer 3

Heuristic

Question 4

What decision making model is highly criticized as being to simplistic and nonscientific?

Answer 4

Heuristic

Question 5

The following are advantages of group decision making :
Greater total knowledge
Greater information
Greater number of approaches
Better comprehension
what is NOT! and advantage of group decision making ?

Answer 5

Increased conformity

Question 6

Standards of behavior that dictate how humans are supposed to act within the role that they find themselves in are referred to as ?

Answer 6

Ethics

Question 7

What ethical perspective requires that an individual considers which option would help everyone involved participate more fully in society

Answer 7

The common good approach

Question 8

Which error in decision making satisfies immediate needs and brushes aside doubts oh their long-range wisdom ?

Answer 8

Cognitive nearsightedness

Question 9

The following is an assumption of rational behavior ?

Answer 9

A person has complete knowledge of all alternatives to him.
A person has the ability to choose best alternatives too him.
A person has the ability to order preferences according to his own hierarchy.