CDV 423 Exam 2 || 100% Errorless Answers.

What is poverty? correct answers •Lacking resources to obtain a minimum standard of living How should we interpret poverty? correct answers Typically considered falling below a certain income level (cost of food x3) •3 ways to consider falling below: correct answers •Income •Supplemental Poverty Measure (number of govt programs assisting families) •Amount of money spent by a family •Not counted below poverty correct answers •Children under 15 not living with family •College students living in dorms •People serving in the military Poverty Threshold in US correct answers 6-7 persons in family: between $32~$37,000 a year in order to live above the poverty threshold Poverty History correct answers •1) Decline in manufacturing markets: •2) Discrimination in housing and lending markets -keeping people of color from buying a home Effects of Poverty on Children: Material correct answers •School Readiness •Deficits in language and logic processing Effects of Poverty on Children: Material correct answers •Not ready for first grade -- unlikely to graduate from high school/college •Home learning environment predicts reading skills Effects of Poverty on Children: Material correct answers •Likely to miss school •Less likely to have parental involvement Effects of Poverty on Children: Material correct answers •Susceptibility to illness/disease •Limited access to positive role models Effects of Poverty on Children: Parenting correct answers •Low SES is associated with: •Depression in parents, leads to marital hostility •More punitive, less nurturing parenting (corporal punishment) Effects of Poverty on Children: Parenting correct answers •Less knowledge of child development •Insensitive parenting -- disorganized attachment -- behavioral problems Effects of Poverty on Children: Biological correct answers Toxic stress over the lifespan affects health, cognitive, and emotional stability