social causation theory

Question 1

what is social causation?

Answer 1

suggests members of the lowest socio-economic groups tend to experience more stressful lives because of poverty, unemployment, poor physical health
- the high level of stress make them more vulnerable than members of higher socio-economic classes to SZ

Question 2

what is a strength?

Answer 2

there is higher incidence of SZ in african-american populations (7X) than white americans

Question 3

what is a competing argument of the strength?

Answer 3

higher incidence in lower socio-economic groups may be due to being identified as needing help and those in middle class may not want to identify themselves and face being labelled

Question 4

what is a weakness?

Answer 4

diathesis stress model