Learn more about Behavioural Profiling
Understanding behavioural profiling is important in many different careers.
This short 20 hour course gives you an insight into the use of behavioural profiling in a number of different fields, including –
- Education
- Criminal behaviour
- Marketing
- Recruit
- Human resources
- Promotion
A behavioural profile helps us to understand more about people and the type of people that do certain things. Why does this person commit crime? Why does this customer buy their products online? Who will buy our product? What characteristics will a person with this condition show?
By understanding more about people, we can determine whether they are the right person for the job, what type of behaviour they may display and how we are able to help and support them.
Support along the Way from Experts
You have access to expert tutors through our student help desk all the time you are studying this course. Our school maintains help desks in both of our offices -in Australia and the UK; and has staff on duty five days a week manning phones, online chat and emails. Any questions that you have about what you are studying will be dealt with promptly (usually the same working day, often immediately).
- If there is something you read or research that you don’t understand, ask for help.
- If you want to learn more about something you encounter through these studies, have a conversation with one of our faculty tutors
- If you need direction to find more information, ask
- If you need advice on moving forward with your work, career or studies after the course ask. (Free career and business advice is part of the service provided to all of our graduates).
Course Structure
This course has six lessons –
Lesson 1 Introduction
What is profiling?
Personality
Types of profiling
When and why do we carry out profiling?
How profiling is done
Lesson 1 additional reading
Types of serial killers
Psychopaths
But why do murderers kill?
Who commits murder?
Murder statistics
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 2 How To Profile Someone
Profiling techniques
Putting it all together
Psychological testing in recruitment – how good is it?
Personality testing in recruitment
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 3 Interviews and Questionnaires
Psychological screening
What is an interview?
Planning an interview: structured or unstructured
Components of a profiling interview
What can go wrong?
Dealing with interview data
Competency based interviews in recruitment
Non-verbal behaviour
Active listening and SOLER
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 4 Behavioural Assessment
The ABC model
Traditional vs behavioural assessment
Different applications of behavioural assessments
Behavioural assessment techniques
Problems with behavioural assessments
Functional analysis
More on behavioural assessments
Methods of behavioural assessment
The focus of assessment
Analysis of problem behaviour
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 5 Classical Assessment Tests
The nature of traditional assessment tests
Reliability and validity of psychological tests
More on Wechsler intelligence scales
Subtests
Psychological testing in recruitment – how good is it?
Review what you have been learning
Lesson 6 What Comes Next?
Applications for profiles
How & where to use a profile
Computer profiling
Ethics of profiling
Problems with profiling
The future of profiling
Profiling – a summary
Review what you have been learning
