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Question 1

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

Answer 1

Culture of Poverty

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Absolute Poverty

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Relative Poverty

Question 4

a paradigm in which low income, unstable employment, a lack of cultural resources, and a feeling of inferiority from social class comparisons exacerbate household stress levels; this stress, in turn, leads to detrimental parenting practices such as yelling and hitting, which are not conducive to healthy child development

Answer 4

Parenting stress hypothesis