Leila and Owen, both aged 12, attend the same youth centre. They are caught scratching insulting messages into storage lockers. A youth worker gives each of them the same firm reprimand. Staff observations collected over several weeks are shown below.
| Young person | Boredom during quiet sessions (1 = very low, 10 = very high) | Enjoyment of risky activities (1 = very low, 10 = very high) | How often anxious or moody (1 = very rarely, 10 = very often) | Time usually taken to calm down after being upset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leila | 9 | 8 | 9 | 40 minutes |
| Owen | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 minutes |
Using Eysenck's ideas about early socialisation, explain which young person is more likely to scratch messages into the lockers again.
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.