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

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Question 34

A psychologist gives three people a shortened personality questionnaire based on Eysenck's three dimensions. Each score is out of 20. Scores of 14 or more are classed as high.

PersonExtraversion scoreNeuroticism scorePsychoticism score
Leah17158
Milo161417
Sienna91816

Using the data and Eysenck's criminal personality theory, explain which person would be predicted to have the greatest risk of offending.

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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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