Cara, aged 16, begins work experience at a hairdressing salon. She learns that Saira, one of the stylists, attended the same secondary school as Cara and was also brought up by her grandparents. Saira has won a regional competition for her styling and takes time to teach Cara new techniques patiently. Cara sees Saira keep cash paid by a customer instead of putting it in the till. Later in the placement, Cara keeps a customer's payment herself.
Using social learning theory, explain why Cara may have identified with Saira.
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.