FOMP - exam.2 - paper references

Question 1

Chakraborty &; McKenzie, 2002; Cooper, 2005

Answer 1

Higher prevalence of mental illness among ethnic groups in UK vs. lower rates in countries of origin

High rates of depression in South Asian Groups – High rates of suicide in some groups

High incidents of psychosis in African- Caribbean Groups

Question 2

King et al (2008)

Answer 2

In a review of 28 papers found that:

the rate of suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, and bisexual people was twice that of heterosexuals.

the risk of depression and anxiety disorders = at least 1.5*higher, as was alcohol and other substance abuse

Question 3

Chakraborty et al. (2011)

Answer 3

“Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation predicted certain neurotic disorder outcomes, even after adjustment for potentially confounding variables”

Question 4

Moral Animal - Wright (1994)

Answer 4

“deeply human hunger for status and the seemingly universal presence of hierarchy”

+ Katz (1978) - Racism = prejudice + power

Question 5

Jane elliot explains how she wanted her students to …

Answer 5

“know a little bit what it feels like to be stepped on”

Eye of the Storm (documentary, 1970)

Question 6

with verbal comments such as

Answer 6

“the blue eyed people are the better people in this room (…) they are smarter than brown eyed people”

Eye of the Storm (documentary, 1970)

Question 7

student’s description of the experience evidence themes of powerlessness and hopelessness, one commenting it was …

Answer 7

“like being a dog on a leash”,

another noting it felt like he was in a “prison (…) and your throwing the key away”

Eye of the Storm (documentary, 1970)

Question 8

Steele, & Aronson (1995)

Answer 8

African Americans have been shown to experience high levels of anxiety in academic contexts when reminded of their racial minority status, causing their intellectual performance to suffer

Question 9

Bruce Alexander (late 1970’s)

Answer 9

Bruce Alexander’s Rat Park experiments conducted in the late 1970’s are highly suggestive.

Whereas isolated rats raised in stimulus poor environments were prone to drugging themselves to death, rats living in groups, in stimulus rich environments consistently failed to develop an addiction to the freely available drug laced water.

Question 10

Brown, 2008

Answer 10

‘social context of structured inequality and the harm caused by it’