After Sam is fined for taking a low-value item from a shop, Nia decides not to do the same. Mo, who needs money urgently and often acts without thinking, goes ahead and takes an item.
Suggest how these different decisions illustrate the way deterrence may affect people differently.
25 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 1.3 Application: The changing nature of punishment, covering 1.3.1 Rehabilitation and pro-social behaviour and 1.3.2 Punishment and deterrents. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.