Unit 5: Individual Differences; Perspectives: Issues and Debates; Approaches
June 2002 – Section C – Question 9

Anne enjoys fast driving. She enjoys it when she is in someone else's car going fast but she enjoys it even more when she is driving fast herself. She finds high speeds exhilarating. Within a year of passing her test Anne has been charged with breaking motorway speed limits three times and is now in danger of losing
her licence.

(a) Describe how two approaches might try to explain Anne's exhilaration from speeding.
Biopsychology could explain the enjoyment Anne gets from fast driving in terms of biological changes. Excitement such as that Anne experiences has been linked with changes in neural and hormone activity.

Anne's behaviour may also be linked with addiction. Pleasurable activities have been found to cause the release of endorphins. This ‘endorphin rush' has the potential of being addictive. Endorphins activate opioid receptors and stimulate activity......

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Title: Aqa A - Anne Stimulus
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