OCR GCSE Psychology · J203
Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Concepts in Criminal PsychologyPeople may hide offending because of social desirability, exaggerate to appear impressive, or forget incidents and when they happened. Anonymity helps but does not guarantee honesty. A survey's sample also affects its coverage: a household victim survey does not capture all offences against businesses or people outside households.
- Revise: Reliability and Validity
The tendency to give answers that will be viewed favourably by others rather than answers that accurately reflect the respondent’s behaviour or views.