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

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Question 15

Priya watches two friends slip into a cinema screen without buying tickets. The next day, Priya gets into a film without paying and her friends praise her. Several weeks later, Priya thinks that getting into films without paying is acceptable and does it when she is on her own.

a.

State the detail in the source that shows Priya is imitating her friends.

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b.

State one reward that directly reinforces Priya's behaviour.

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c.

State the detail in the source that shows Priya has internalised the behaviour.

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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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