Evaluation of research in criminological psychology
Issues of reliability, validity, generalisability, credibility, objectivity, subjectivity, ethics and practical application of findings as appropriate.
Explain one weakness of using self-report questionnaires in Grazvydas and Hanna’s research. (2) January 2018
Suggest one way Grazvydas and Hanna could improve the validity of their study. (1) January 2018
Assess whether this study can be applied to eyewitness memory in real-life situations. (8) June 2018
Explain one weakness of using a correlational research method to investigate attractiveness and length of sentencing. (2) January 2019
Explain one improvement that the researchers could make to this study. (2) January 2019
Explain two strengths of using experiments to study eye-witness memory. (4) June 2019
Explain one weakness of Ernesto’s study in terms of validity. (2) June 2019
Explain one strength and one weakness of Dimitris using a stratified sample in his experiment. (4) October 2019