SOC 490 Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment – Assignment Solution

SOC 490 Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment – Assignment Solution

• Chapter 19, “Poverty and Class Influences on Human Behavior.”
  • This chapter discusses factors that contribute to poverty;  defines situational and generational poverty; lists some anti-poverty  programs that have been successful; and discusses the link between  poverty and mental illness under two theories—social drift theory and  social causation theory.

• Amoeba Films. (Producer). (2014). Habitat 2014: Dr. Ruby K. Payne [Video] | Transcript. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efgq8w_upUQ
  • Dr. Payne is a national speaker who has developed an  understanding of poverty and how it impacts generations. She shares her  ideas of how communities can help people out of poverty through  education and relationships.