Which of the following is a critique of the culture-of-poverty hypothesis?
A) That it fails to consider that the behaviors described are a result of adaptation to poverty
B) That it blames poverty on mental capacity
C) That it blames the victims of poverty for their situations
D) That it fails to acknowledge that the poor are poor by choice
According to the text, __________.
A) the poor can lift themselves out of poverty
B) volunteers can lift the poor out of poverty
C) the private sector can lift the poor out of poverty
D) institutional discrimination keeps the poor in poverty
Those who believe in the __________ believe that the poor are qualitatively different in values and lifestyles from the rest of society.
A) blaming the victim approach
B) self-fulfilling prophecy
C) culture-of-poverty
D) feminization of poverty
Institutional discrimination is __________.
A) found in tracking in education and the system of school funding based on property taxes
B) an example of a deficiency theory
C) the same as the culture-of-poverty hypothesis
D) what occurs when the poor have brought poverty on themselves
The culture-of-poverty hypothesis __________.
A) is based on the belief that the poor have a deviant cultural pattern that is transmitted from generation to generation
B) argues that those who are poor are unfit
C) is an example of institutional theory
D) is the commonly accepted explanation of poverty within sociology
Which of the following is a claim made by modern-day Social Darwinists Jensen, Herrnstein, and Murray?
A) African Americans are more well endowed mentally than Whites.
B) Mental ability is inherited, and success depends on mental ability.
C) The poor are poor because they lack the same values as their better-off peers.
D) Differences in success are due solely work ethic.
__________ is the belief that where people end up in terms of wealth and class is a function of their natural ability.
A) Self-fulfilling prophecy
B) Culture-of-poverty
C) Blaming the victim
D) A regressive mindset
Which of the following is a characteristic of the capitalist system that contributes to the persistence of poverty?
A) Employers keeping wages so low that many full-time workers live below the poverty line
B) The practice of ensuring high wages, which requires that there be a surplus of unemployed laborers
C) Employers making investment decisions while consulting their employees
D) Corporate profits being diverted into employee retirement programs, so they do no good immediately.
When the social arrangements and accepted ways of doing things in society disadvantage minority groups it is known as __________.
A) individual discrimination
B) blaming the victim
C) institutional discrimination
D) the feminization of discrimination
Social Darwinism refers to the theory that the poor are poor because __________.
A) they are unfit
A) societal structures limit their opportunities
B) they are subject to institutional discrimination
C) they are discriminated against
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