Social Causation Hypothesis
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- Created on: 19-04-16 18:33
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- Social Causation Hypothesis
- A01
- Social pressures (lower socio economic groups 8 times more likely to develop schizo)
- Urban areas= schizo (social deprivation, unemployment, poor housing, high population density)
- Increased stress of being in lower social class= trigger schizo
- A02
- Alternative explanation= social selection= higher rates of schizo due to social migration (living in urban area as a result of schizo not the cause)
- Many schizos don't live in urban areas= not full explanation
- High schizo rates in ethnic minority groups (more likely to be lower class)
- Not everyone in poverty/poor housing etc. has schizo= not full explanation
- Eaton- reported on 17 studies, higher schizo rates in lower classes
- It may be that stress causes schizo not the environment and situations themselves
- A01
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