Anthropologist Oscar Lewis referred to cultural patterns that make poverty a way of life as __________.

A. the bell curve thesis
B. the culture of poverty
C. meritocracy
D. social disorganization


Answer: B

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In low-income nations, most education is a matter of ________

a. formal schooling and then college. b. what parents and other community members teach their children. c. what children can teach themselves. d. teaching by religious leaders.

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- Sexual Experience Survey - American Sex Survey - National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior - Sex Survey

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