Abstract
20 recruits and 23 veteran police officers were administered the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale. Compared with recruits, veteran officers showed a stronger tendency to believe others were altruistic. A significant negative correlation (—.49) was found between length of police experience and the Strength of Will and Rationality subscale, indicating police officers with many years of experience believed others were less self-determined and rational. Years of experience was also negatively related to the Independence subscale (—.49), implying that with increasing years of experience, veterans see others as less independent. However, age and years of experience correlated .90 and these relationships could be an artifact of age or age-related factors rather than years of experience. Other subscales did not differ for recruits and veterans and were not related to length of police experience. The mixed results are consistent with suggestions that, once established, philosophies of human nature are reasonably resistant to change.
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