SOC 490 Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment – Assignment Solution
Use your Applied Human Behavior in the Social Environment text to read the following:- 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.
