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1.2 Theories/Explanations of why criminal/anti-social behaviour occurs

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Question 33

Leila visits a theme park with her friends. She becomes restless while waiting and repeatedly chooses the fastest rides because she enjoys the thrill. When an attendant wrongly accuses her of pushing into a queue, her heart pounds and her breathing quickens. She remains angry even after the attendant apologises.

Using Eysenck's theory, describe how biological factors could account for Leila's behaviour at the theme park.

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1.2 Theories/Explanations of why criminal/anti-social behaviour occurs Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /1.2 Theories/Explanations of why criminal/anti-social behaviour occurs

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.

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