Psychology: Chapter 13

Psychology: Chapter 13

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss the differences between the social causation hypothesis and the social selection hypothesis in the explanation of higher rates of schizophrenia among the lower classes in the United States of America. The purpose of this paper is to make the reader aware about the significance of social classes on the rates of schizophrenia.

Discussion

The social selection hypothesis is basically related to the exploration of relationship between the social classes and mental disorders. The argument of social selection hypothesis is that mental illness is caused basically due to the downward shift in the ...