Psychological Factors in Poverty

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This volume consists of a selective sample of some of the most important recent theoretical and empirical developments in behavioral science that have implications for poverty. There are 19 original contributions in the book, most written by psychologists but some by scholars from related fields such as genetics and sociology. These essays are organized around the following general topics: Theoretical Vantage Points, Socialization and Learning, Heredity and Environment, Behavioral Concomitants, Intervention Strategies. There is a final summary chapter by Vernon Allen. This book was developed as a project of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin. Vernon L. Allen is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Alabama, his M.S. degree from Tufts University, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. During 1962-1963, he held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Stanford University. Professor Allen is coauthor of "Socialization and Psychopathy" and "Psychological Factors in Occupational Mobility". His primary research interests are in social psychology. LCCCN: 70-111978; Standard Book Number: 8410-5003-1 - Preface Part 1. THEORETICAL VANTAGE POINTS - Chapter 1. "Neutralizing the Disinherited: Some Psychological Aspects of Understanding the Poor". Lee Rainwater - Chapter 2. "The Culture of Poverty, Social Identity, and Cognitive Outcomes". Theodore R. Sarbin - Chapter 3. "Poverty versus Equality of Opportunity". J. McV. Hunt Part 2. SOCIALIZATION AND LEARNING - Chapter 4. "The Transmission of Cognitive Strategies in Poor Families: The Socialization of Apathy and Underachievement". Robert D. Hess - Chapter 5. "A New Approach to the Study of School Motivation in Minority Group Children". Irwin Katz - Chapter 6. "Learning Ability, Intelligence, and Educability". Arthur R. Jensen Part 3. HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT - Chapter 7. "A 'Try Simplest Cases' Approach to the Heredity-Poverty-Crime Problem". William Shockley - Chapter 8. "Do Genetic Factors Contribute to Poverty?" James F. Crow - Chapter 9. "Genetic Factors in Poverty: A Psychologist's Point of View". Steven G. Vandenberg Part 4. BEHAVIORAL CONCOMITANTS - Chapter 10. "Children of the City: Affluence, Poverty, and Mental Health". Thomas S. Langner, Joseph H. Herson, Edward L. Greene, Jean D. Jameson, Jeanne A. Goff - Chapter 11. "The Psychological Costs of Quality and Equality in Education". Urie Bronfenbrenner - Chapter 12. "Economic Aspects of Poverty". David Caplovitz - Chapter 13. "Personality Correlates of Poverty". Vernon L. Allen Part 5. INTERVENTION STRATEGIES - Chapter 14. "An Expectancy Approach to Job Training Programs". Gerald Gurin - Chapter 15. "Poverty and Motivation: Figure and Ground". Udai Pareek - Chapter 16. "Some Theoretical and Practical Problems in Compensatory Education as an Antidote to Poverty". Edmund W. Gordon - Chapter 17. "The Role of Motivation and Self-image in Social Change in Slum Areas". Marshall B. Clinard - Chapter 18. "The Poverty of Psychology-An Indictment". Arthur Pearl Part 6. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS - Chapter 19. "The Psychology of Poverty: Problems and Prospects". Vernon L. Allen - Index of Authors Cited - Topical Index