A person high in neuroticism is told that an important piece of coursework cannot be found. Their heart rate is recorded before and after they hear this news. Immediately after the one-minute recording, they are told that the coursework has been found and they feel reassured.
| Time | Heart rate |
|---|---|
| Before hearing the news | 72 beats per minute |
| 1 minute after hearing the news | 110 beats per minute |
| 5 minutes after hearing the news | 98 beats per minute |
Explain the pattern in the person's heart rate, referring to the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system.
135 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 1.2 Theories/Explanations of why criminal/anti-social behaviour occurs, covering 1.2.1 SLT: identification with role models, 1.2.2 SLT: observation and imitation, 1.2.3 SLT: vicarious reinforcement, 1.2.4 SLT: direct reinforcement and internalisation; criticisms, 1.2.5 SLT research study: Cooper and Mackie (1986), 1.2.6 Eysenck's Criminal Personality Theory, 1.2.7 CNS, arousal and criminal personality, 1.2.8 Brain function, synapses and dopamine in psychoticism, 1.2.9 Dopamine reward, RAS and cortex in extroversion, 1.2.10 Autonomic nervous and limbic system in neuroticism, 1.2.11 Early socialisation and conditioning; criticisms, and 1.2.12 Criminal Personality research study: Heaven (1996). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.