9.2

Question 1

what makes it hard for people in poverty to get ahead?

Answer 1

culture of poverty

Question 2

what is the culture of poverty?

Answer 2

the argument that poor people adopt certain practices that differ from those of “mainstream” society in order to adapt and survive in difficult economic circumstances.

Question 3

what is “underclass”?

Answer 3

the idea that poor people are not only different from the mainstream in their inability to take advantage of opportunities, but are also deviant & to some extent a danger to society

Question 4

compression of morbidity:

Answer 4

suffering from a disease is confined to the very end of life due to the reduced risks associated with modern life *idea that people are getting older before they get ill

Question 5

disease:

Answer 5

medically diagnosed pathology

Question 6

illness:

Answer 6

someone’s own subjective diagnosis of not feeling well

Question 7

mortality rates:

Answer 7

death rates for particular group of people

Question 8

the growing trend to incorporate more and more of the personal problems of the nation into the realm of medicine:

Answer 8

medicalization