Psychological Factors: Socio-cultural Factors

Question 1

what does the social causation hypothesis state?

Answer 1

that people with low social status are more likely to suffer from schizophrenia than people with higher social status

Question 2

what factors are important in the social causation hypothesis?

Answer 2

poverty and discrimination

Question 3

why are these factors important?

Answer 3

because they cause high stress levels

Question 4

evidence for

Answer 4

Harrison et al (2001)

Question 5

what did Harrison et al (2001) find?

Answer 5

he found that people who were born in deprived areas were more likely to develop schizophrenia

Question 6

evidence against

Answer 6

the results don’t have a cause and effect

Question 7

hypothesis against

Answer 7

social drift hypothesis

Question 8

what does the social drift hypothesis suggest?

Answer 8

suggests that there are more people with schizophrenia in deprived areas because having schizophrenia gives them a low social status