SOCL 2001 Gremillion Final Exam
Questions and All Correct Answers
2026.
________ is connected to crime, poor educational outcomes, and divorce. - Answer poverty
exchange time, money, etc. to cover temporary shortfalls - Answer swapping
Who deemphasized welfare and gave 4 causes for urban poverty? - Answer William Julius
Wilson
What are the 4 causes for urban poverty according to William Julius Wilson? - Answer
deindustrialization, globalization, suburbanization, discrimination
the act of ending the production of foods/goods, movement from production economy to a
service economy - Answer deindustrialization
as markets opened up, so did laws; production moved to other countries with lower wages, etc.;
whole world and countries being connected - Answer globalization
moving away from the central city - Answer suburbanization
stress of poverty leads to detrimental practices such as shouting or hitting - Answer
parenting stress hypothesis
Poverty rate for children is usually (lower/higher) than poverty rate for adults. - Answer
higher
Kids are deprived of basic necessities, parenting stress hypothesis, and personal characteristics
that cause poverty also cause negative parenting are the ________. - Answer 3 theories
about poverty affecting children
a condition of deprivation due to economic circumstances - Answer poverty
when income falls too low to purchase enough food to sustain a household; estimates absolute
poverty - Answer poverty line
, The ________ assumes food is 1/3 of expenses. - Answer federally defined income limit
The administration of ________ established a wide range of antipoverty programs in the
1960s---programs for education, job training and placement, housing---as a part of its "War on
Poverty." - Answer Lyndon Johnson
reward structures that lead to suboptimal outcomes by stimulating counterproductive behavior
- Answer perverse incentives
results of a policy that were not fully anticipated at the time the policy was implemented,
particularly outcomes that are counter to the intentions of the policy makers - Answer
unintended consequences
argues that poor people adopt certain practices, which differ from those of middle-class or
"mainstream" society, in order to adapt and survive in difficult economic circumstances ,
sometimes they continue to rely on these practices even after they are no longer useful and are
potentially detrimental - Answer culture of poverty theory
Who introduced the concept of the "underclass"? - Answer Ken Auletta
a much more negative view of poor people - Answer underclass
Who reemphasized perverse incentives by arguing that welfare regulations make work and
marriage less attractive and rising welfare benefits more attractive? - Answer Charles Murray
Who found very little evidence to support the belief that parental income has a significant effect
on children's outcomes? - Answer Susan Mayer
Who were the 2 people that argued that it's not poverty or education or parenting that
ultimately has the most impact on children's outcomes, but simply genes? - Answer Charles
Murray, Richard Hernstein
Who found that living in a quieter, less stressful environment did have very positive effects on
children? - Answer James Rosenbaum
the point at which a household's income falls below the necessary level to purchase food to
physically sustain its members - Answer absolute poverty
Who developed the formula that calculates the official poverty line? - Answer Mollie
Orshansky
Questions and All Correct Answers
2026.
________ is connected to crime, poor educational outcomes, and divorce. - Answer poverty
exchange time, money, etc. to cover temporary shortfalls - Answer swapping
Who deemphasized welfare and gave 4 causes for urban poverty? - Answer William Julius
Wilson
What are the 4 causes for urban poverty according to William Julius Wilson? - Answer
deindustrialization, globalization, suburbanization, discrimination
the act of ending the production of foods/goods, movement from production economy to a
service economy - Answer deindustrialization
as markets opened up, so did laws; production moved to other countries with lower wages, etc.;
whole world and countries being connected - Answer globalization
moving away from the central city - Answer suburbanization
stress of poverty leads to detrimental practices such as shouting or hitting - Answer
parenting stress hypothesis
Poverty rate for children is usually (lower/higher) than poverty rate for adults. - Answer
higher
Kids are deprived of basic necessities, parenting stress hypothesis, and personal characteristics
that cause poverty also cause negative parenting are the ________. - Answer 3 theories
about poverty affecting children
a condition of deprivation due to economic circumstances - Answer poverty
when income falls too low to purchase enough food to sustain a household; estimates absolute
poverty - Answer poverty line
, The ________ assumes food is 1/3 of expenses. - Answer federally defined income limit
The administration of ________ established a wide range of antipoverty programs in the
1960s---programs for education, job training and placement, housing---as a part of its "War on
Poverty." - Answer Lyndon Johnson
reward structures that lead to suboptimal outcomes by stimulating counterproductive behavior
- Answer perverse incentives
results of a policy that were not fully anticipated at the time the policy was implemented,
particularly outcomes that are counter to the intentions of the policy makers - Answer
unintended consequences
argues that poor people adopt certain practices, which differ from those of middle-class or
"mainstream" society, in order to adapt and survive in difficult economic circumstances ,
sometimes they continue to rely on these practices even after they are no longer useful and are
potentially detrimental - Answer culture of poverty theory
Who introduced the concept of the "underclass"? - Answer Ken Auletta
a much more negative view of poor people - Answer underclass
Who reemphasized perverse incentives by arguing that welfare regulations make work and
marriage less attractive and rising welfare benefits more attractive? - Answer Charles Murray
Who found very little evidence to support the belief that parental income has a significant effect
on children's outcomes? - Answer Susan Mayer
Who were the 2 people that argued that it's not poverty or education or parenting that
ultimately has the most impact on children's outcomes, but simply genes? - Answer Charles
Murray, Richard Hernstein
Who found that living in a quieter, less stressful environment did have very positive effects on
children? - Answer James Rosenbaum
the point at which a household's income falls below the necessary level to purchase food to
physically sustain its members - Answer absolute poverty
Who developed the formula that calculates the official poverty line? - Answer Mollie
Orshansky
