SWK 222 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST 2025
absolute poverty - Answers an unequivocal standard necessary for survival.
(e.g. the calories necessary for physical survival, adequate shelter for protection against the elements
and proper clothing)
relative poverty - Answers deprivation that is relative to the standards of living enjoyed by other
members of society
Culture of Poverty (COP) Theory maintains that - Answers poverty and poverty traits are transmitted
internationally in a self perpetuating cycle.
Poor families show striking similarities in - Answers family structure, interpersonal relationships, time
orientation, value systems and patterns of spending.
Oscar Lewis argued that the culture of poverty is characterized by - Answers hopelessness, indifference,
alienation, apathy, and a lack of effective participation in or integration into the social and economic
fabric of society.helplessness
dependence
inferiority
a high incidence of maternal
key COP elements include - Answers present-tense time orientation,
cynicism and mistrust of those in authority
feeling of marginality,
helplessness,
dependence
inferiority
a high incidence of abandonment of wives and children
a matriarchal family sturcture
why had cultural explanations become a taboo subject by the late 1960s? - Answers it placed the plame
of poverty squarely on the character of the poor.
contemporary social scientists reject the notioin of a monolithic and fixed COP, and they attribute the
poor's destructive attitudes and behavior to _____ and ____ rather than the flawed moral character of
the poor. - Answers Racism
, Isolation
criticisms of COP theries - Answers is grounded in the realization that many aspects of poverty culture
observed by lewis are now common place amound the middle class such as high divorce rates,
cohabitation outside of marriage, single motherhood, and relaxed sexual morals.
in the book the bell curved it was argued that inequality in the U.S was due to - Answers lack of genetic
intelligence
statistics tried to demonstrate that - Answers those in lower social economic class have a lower IQ
scores
critics of the bell curve argued that - Answers they exaggerate the IQ as a predictor of job preformance,
attribute inaccurate validities to IQ scores, and substitute hypotheticals for reality.
for most americans poverty is ____ rather than static - Answers fluid
PSID identifies the following events that push people into poverty or escaped poverty - Answers as
people gain or lose jobs
marriages created or dissolved
offspring born or left home
two versions of the federal poverty measure are: - Answers poverty threshold
poverty guideline
poverty guideline - Answers determines what program a family is eligible for
poverty threshold - Answers determines how much money the family will receive.
developed by taking the cost of the least expensive food plan and multiplying that number by three
is the poverty line adjusted each year using the Consumer Price Index - Answers yes/true
why is it necessary to adjust the poverty line annually - Answers to ensure constant purchasing power
what is SMI and why was it developed? - Answers it considers a wider range of factors in determining
the poverty threshold.
it was developed to partially offset the inherent flaws in the poverty index.
is the poverty rate for minority female headed households higher or lower then white female headed
households - Answers higher
children raised with only one biological parent are more likely to experience the following
disadvantages. - Answers twice as likely to drop out of school
absolute poverty - Answers an unequivocal standard necessary for survival.
(e.g. the calories necessary for physical survival, adequate shelter for protection against the elements
and proper clothing)
relative poverty - Answers deprivation that is relative to the standards of living enjoyed by other
members of society
Culture of Poverty (COP) Theory maintains that - Answers poverty and poverty traits are transmitted
internationally in a self perpetuating cycle.
Poor families show striking similarities in - Answers family structure, interpersonal relationships, time
orientation, value systems and patterns of spending.
Oscar Lewis argued that the culture of poverty is characterized by - Answers hopelessness, indifference,
alienation, apathy, and a lack of effective participation in or integration into the social and economic
fabric of society.helplessness
dependence
inferiority
a high incidence of maternal
key COP elements include - Answers present-tense time orientation,
cynicism and mistrust of those in authority
feeling of marginality,
helplessness,
dependence
inferiority
a high incidence of abandonment of wives and children
a matriarchal family sturcture
why had cultural explanations become a taboo subject by the late 1960s? - Answers it placed the plame
of poverty squarely on the character of the poor.
contemporary social scientists reject the notioin of a monolithic and fixed COP, and they attribute the
poor's destructive attitudes and behavior to _____ and ____ rather than the flawed moral character of
the poor. - Answers Racism
, Isolation
criticisms of COP theries - Answers is grounded in the realization that many aspects of poverty culture
observed by lewis are now common place amound the middle class such as high divorce rates,
cohabitation outside of marriage, single motherhood, and relaxed sexual morals.
in the book the bell curved it was argued that inequality in the U.S was due to - Answers lack of genetic
intelligence
statistics tried to demonstrate that - Answers those in lower social economic class have a lower IQ
scores
critics of the bell curve argued that - Answers they exaggerate the IQ as a predictor of job preformance,
attribute inaccurate validities to IQ scores, and substitute hypotheticals for reality.
for most americans poverty is ____ rather than static - Answers fluid
PSID identifies the following events that push people into poverty or escaped poverty - Answers as
people gain or lose jobs
marriages created or dissolved
offspring born or left home
two versions of the federal poverty measure are: - Answers poverty threshold
poverty guideline
poverty guideline - Answers determines what program a family is eligible for
poverty threshold - Answers determines how much money the family will receive.
developed by taking the cost of the least expensive food plan and multiplying that number by three
is the poverty line adjusted each year using the Consumer Price Index - Answers yes/true
why is it necessary to adjust the poverty line annually - Answers to ensure constant purchasing power
what is SMI and why was it developed? - Answers it considers a wider range of factors in determining
the poverty threshold.
it was developed to partially offset the inherent flaws in the poverty index.
is the poverty rate for minority female headed households higher or lower then white female headed
households - Answers higher
children raised with only one biological parent are more likely to experience the following
disadvantages. - Answers twice as likely to drop out of school
