Noor and Leila attend a selection session at a community sports centre. Each is wrongly told by the organiser that their registration cannot be found. Both say that they feel angry. Their heart rates are recorded.
| Person | Resting heart rate (beats per minute) | Heart rate immediately after being told (beats per minute) | Heart rate 20 minutes later (beats per minute) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noor | 72 | 104 | 74 |
| Leila | 70 | 136 | 116 |
After 20 minutes, the organiser tells Noor and Leila that they must wait outside.
Using Eysenck's explanation of neuroticism, explain which person is more likely to respond aggressively towards the organiser.
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.