Sociology Chapter 10

Front 1

the argument that poor people adopt certain practices that differ from those of middle-class "mainstream" society in order to adapt and survive in difficult economic circumstances

Back 1

culture of poverty

Front 2

the notion that the poor not only are different from mainstream society in their inability to take advantage of what mainstream society has to offer but also are increasingly deviant and even dangerous to the rest of us

Back 2

underclass

Front 3

reward structures that lead to suboptimal outcomes by stimulating counterproductive behavior

Back 3

perverse incentives

Front 4

the point at which a household's income falls below the necessary level to purchase food to physically sustain its members

Back 4

absolute poverty

Front 5

a measurement of poverty based on a percentage of the median income in a given location

Back 5

relative poverty

Front 6

a paradigm in which the psychological aspects of poverty exacerbate household stress level; stress leads to yelling, shouting, hitting

Back 6

parenting stress hypothesis