Two 12-year-olds are punished by their parents each time they are found taking cash from home without permission. Higher personality scores indicate higher levels of the trait.
| Child | Extraversion score (out of 20) | Neuroticism score (out of 20) | Further incidents during the next eight weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa | 17 | 16 | 6 |
| Meera | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Outline how Eysenck's theory of early socialisation could explain the difference between Rosa's and Meera's results.
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.