Callum, aged 15, goes to the supermarket with his older cousin and sees her weigh a bag of avocados at the self-checkout as loose carrots. A month later, sent to the shop on his own, Callum weighs a bag of cherries as loose carrots in the same way. Nobody stops him, he spends the money he saved on a game, and he does it again on his next few trips. Callum now describes himself as someone who 'never pays full price'.
Explain how the source shows imitation, direct reinforcement and internalisation in Callum's behaviour.
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.