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1. Cultural explanations of poverty focus on one of the following. Which is it?

   1.   ?    The personality of individuals
   2.   ?    The norms and values of a community
   3.   ?    The structure of an unequal society

2. Cultural theories of poverty blame one of the following for poverty

   1.   ?    No-one
   2.   ?    The poor
   3.   ?    Inequality

3. How did the "culture of poverty" thesis develop? (choose one answer)

   1.   ?    It is a theory
   2.   ?    It is the product of research

4. Which three of the following are supposedly features of the culture of poverty?

   1. A feeling of helplessness
   2. Present-time orientation
   3. Lack of integration of the poor into the community
   4. Low pay
   5. Strong neighbourhood communities
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5. How do the children of the poor supposedly acquire the (sub)culture of their community? (choose one answer)

   1. Through socialisation
   2. It is a way of adapting to their situation
   3. It is genetic
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6. According to the cultural explanation, why do the poor remain in poverty?

   1. Their values keep them poor
   2. They cannot escape because of their situation
   3. Inequality pins them at the bottom of society
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7. Oscar Lewis claimed to find the culture among the urban poor in South America. Little and Valentine studied other communities with considerable poverty and did not find the culture. What kind of criticism is this?

   1. Lewis' research is not valid
   2. Lewis' research is not reliable
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8. Oscar Lewis claimed to find a subculture among the urban poor in South America which was different from mainstream culture. Liebow studied another community and found similar behaviour, but argued that it was not because of a different culture. What kind of criticism is this?

   1. Lewis' research is not valid
   2. Lewis' research is not reliable
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9. What is situational constraints theory?

   1. The poor are socialised into a different set of values from everybody else
   2. The poor have the same values as others but are trapped into behaving differently by their situation
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10. Which of these is a criticism of the culture of poverty thesis? (choose one answer)

    1. Poverty is the product of an unequal society
    2. The culture of poverty thesis is not reliable or valid
    3. Poverty is genetic
    Is this the right answer