At a college, Maya was previously a leading member of the debate team but is not selected for the final competition. Over the following weeks, she has little energy and stops attending practices. Noah receives a disappointing mark in a music audition. He decides that the mark proves he will never be good at anything, and for weeks afterwards his mood stays low and he stops playing his instrument.
Describe how social rank theory could account for Maya's response and how the ABC model could account for Noah's response. In your answer, refer to why depressive symptoms might occur and how a person's interpretation of an event can affect the outcome.
144 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 3.2.1 Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, 3.2.2 Key statistics of schizophrenia, 3.2.3 Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, 3.2.4 Brain structure and function in schizophrenia; criticisms, 3.2.5 Social drift theory of schizophrenia, 3.2.6 Schizophrenia research study: Daniel et al. (1991), 3.2.7 Clinical characteristics of clinical depression, 3.2.8 Key statistics of clinical depression, 3.2.9 Social rank theory of clinical depression, 3.2.10 ABC Model of clinical depression, and 3.2.11 Clinical Depression research study: Tandoc et al. (2015). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.