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TVarnum

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The chapter suggests that the 20072009 recession may have what effect on people's attitudes toward poverty?
 
  a. As more and more people find themselves vulnerable in a struggling economy, individuals may be less likely to blame the poor.
  b. As more and more people find themselves vulnerable in a struggling economy, individuals may turn to culture of poverty theories to explain their own situations.
  c. Culture of poverty theories will be seen to be accurate despite previous opposition from sociologists and anthropologists.
  d. Culture of poverty theories will be the only possible basis for an economic recovery.

Question 2

Critics of the culture of poverty hypothesis argue that the poor
 
  a. retain the dominant values of society and that is why they can climb out of poverty.
  b. do not retain the dominant values of society, instead they hold an alternative set of values.
  c. do not retain the dominant values of society, instead they have a better set of values.
  d. retain the dominant values of society while simultaneously holding an alternative set of values.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. As more and more people find themselves vulnerable in a struggling economy, individuals may be less likely to blame the poor.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d. retain the dominant values of society while simultaneously holding an alternative set of values.



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