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JMatthes

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Oscar Lewis's idea that some poor people develop a separate and self-perpetuating system of attitudes and behaviors that keeps them trapped in poverty is known as
 
  a. the system of checks and balances.
  b. the cultural explanation of negative framing.
  c. the cultural explanation of capital.
  d. the culture of poverty hypothesis.

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A business executive earning 50,000 annually in the 1930s would earn around 500,000 today. This increase is based upon
 
  a. cultural capital.
  b. constant dollars and current dollars.
  c. wage squeeze.
  d. sympathetic framing.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. the culture of poverty hypothesis.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. constant dollars and current dollars.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jul 2, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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