LS12 - Absorption Addiction Model

Question 1

Absorption Addiction Model

Answer 1

Explains how people form parasocial relationships, it argues they make ups or deficits in real life relationships and allow people to cope with/escape reality.

Question 2

Self Benefit From PSRs

Answer 2

Allows people to develop a sense of personal identity and achieve a sense of fulfilment.

Question 3

2 Components Of Absorption Addiction Model

Answer 3

Absorption
Addiction

Question 4

Absorption

Answer 4

Seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship allows people to focus all of their attention on the celebrity and identity with them

Question 5

Addiction

Answer 5

The relationship sustains as the person feels a closer involvement leading to extreme behaviours/delusional thinking e.g. stalking.

Question 6

Absorption Addiction Model Strengths

Answer 6

Link Between PSRs And Loneliness
Sexual History
Butters People Only

Question 7

Absorption Addiction Model Weaknesses

Answer 7

Correlational Research
Doesn’t Explain How

Question 8

Link Between PSRs And Loneliness (+)

Answer 8

Evidence suggests people may develop parasocial relationships to deal with loss/loneliness.

Question 9

Sexual History (+)

Answer 9

Stalkers tend to have a history of failed sexual relationships

Question 10

Butterz Only (+)

Answer 10

Maltby Et Al, found teenage girls in PSRs had poor body images, especially where they admired a celebrities body image.

Question 11

Correlational Research (-)

Answer 11

Most PSR research is correlational meaning we don’t know the cause or effect e.g. body image.