After Priya is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a local college and two other training providers refuse her applications for vocational courses after learning about her diagnosis. Priya then stops applying for courses.
Identify which part of social drift theory is shown by the training providers' decisions.
State why Priya might stop applying for courses, according to social drift theory.
State how being unable to gain a vocational qualification could cause Priya to drift down the social scale.
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.