Please answer
any 2
of the following questions based on the readings and presentations this week.
1)
The
parenting stress hypothesis
is a paradigm that looks at the psychological aspects of poverty and its effects on children’s life chances. Discuss this paradigm and apply it to Marlin’s situation of growing up in poverty. Apart from parenting, what other factors should we consider to best understand Marlin's case?
2)
Consider and discuss in detail, the benefits and the detriments of welfare programs in our country. Substantiate your analyses with 2-3 examples and/or data from academic resources. DO NOT offer personal opinions and/or content from non-academic sources such as WikiLeaks unless the info therein can be corroborated via some form of research studies.
3)
Why is there such unequal distribution of wealth and income inequality in the United States in comparison to other
developed
nations of the world?
Explain
in detail.
4)
Watch some
prime-time
television and take notes on representations of the poor. Look for patterns in race, gender, family structures, etc... In addition, pay attention to the way TV frames the causes of poverty. Are these causes personal, cultural, economic, or circumstantial? Are the poor presented as deserving of their circumstances or victims of situations beyond their control? Summarize your findings with examples and describe what you have observed.
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Please answer any 2 of the following questions based on the read.docx
1. Please answer
any 2
of the following questions based on the readings and
presentations this week.
1)
The
parenting stress hypothesis
is a paradigm that looks at the psychological aspects of poverty
and its effects on children’s life chances. Discuss this paradigm
and apply it to Marlin’s situation of growing up in poverty.
Apart from parenting, what other factors should we consider to
best understand Marlin's case?
2)
Consider and discuss in detail, the benefits and the detriments
of welfare programs in our country. Substantiate your analyses
with 2-3 examples and/or data from academic resources. DO
NOT offer personal opinions and/or content from non-academic
sources such as WikiLeaks unless the info therein can be
corroborated via some form of research studies.
3)
Why is there such unequal distribution of wealth and income
inequality in the United States in comparison to other
developed
nations of the world?
Explain
in detail.
4)
Watch some
prime-time
television and take notes on representations of the poor. Look
for patterns in race, gender, family structures, etc... In addition,
pay attention to the way TV frames the causes of poverty. Are
these causes personal, cultural, economic, or circumstantial?
Are the poor presented as deserving of their circumstances or
2. victims of situations beyond their control? Summarize your
findings with examples and describe what you have observed.
