According to the __________, the poor act as they do because, unlike middle-class people, they do not have the same opportunities to attend good schools or to obtain good jobs
A) culture of poverty
B) social structure of poverty
C) containment theory
D) control theory
B
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Proprietary hospitals differ from the earlier form of hospitals in the United States in that proprietary hospitals ________
a. are most likely to be run by religious or charitable organizations b. are more profit oriented and their decisions are based largely on profit margins c. are more accountable to their patients and the communities they serve d. give more power to the people in their community to decide their policies and decisions
Efforts to rehabilitate and upgrade a declining neighborhood for the purposes of attracting higher-income residents is referred to as
A. urban upgrade. B. urban investment. C. beautification. D. gentrification.
The term used to describe generalized fear that does not have a specific source is:
a. guilt. b. anxiety. c. stress. d. repression.
Richard Southall and his colleagues at the College Sport Research Center have developed an adjusted graduation gap measure that compares athletes with other full-time students. Their findings indicate that athletes
A. consistently graduate at lower rates than other full-time students. B. graduate at the same rate as other full time students but have different majors. C. are not as interested in graduating as are other full time students. D. seldom graduate in four years.