Psychological factors in poverty.

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Allen, Vernon L.,, 1933- Psychological factors in poverty. Edited by Vernon L. Allen. - Chicago, Markham Pub. Co. [1970]
viii, 392 p. 24 cm. Content notes : Neutralizing the disinherited, by L. Rainwater.--The culture of poverty, social identity, and cognitive outcomes, by T. R. Sarbin.--Poverty versus equality of opportunity, by J. M. Hunt.--The transmission of cognitive strategies in poor families, by R. D. Hess.--A new approach to the study of school motivation in minority group children, by I. Katz.--Learning ability, intelligence, and educability, by A. R. Jensen.--A "try simplest cases" approach to the heredity-poverty-crime problem, by W. Shockley.--Do genetic factors contribute to poverty? By J. F. Crow.--Genetic factors in poverty, by S. G. Vandenberg.--Children of the city, by T. S. Langner, and others.--The psychological costs of quality and equality in education, by U. Bronfenbrenner.--Economic aspects of poverty, by D. Caplovitz.--Personality correlates of poverty, by V. L. Allen.--An expectancy approach to job training programs, by G. Gurin.--Poverty and motivation, by U. Pareek.--Some theoretical and practical problems in compensatory education as an antidote to poverty, by E. W. Gordon.--The role of motivation and self-image in social change in slum areas, by M. B. Clinard.--The poverty of psychology, by A. Pearl.--The psychology of poverty, by V. L. Allen. 0841050031 9780841050037 * Poverty - Psychological aspects. Poverty. Pauvreté - Aspect psychologique. Pauvreté. Poverty. Psychology. Socioeconomic Factors.