Welfare Data Show That in the United States

question 122

Multiple Choice

Welfare data show that in the United States

• A) most welfare recipients receive benefits only for a short time.
• B) welfare encourages young women to have children.
• C) children brought up on welfare tend to remain on welfare as adults.
• D) having poor parents does not increase the chances of a child's being on welfare as an adult.
• E) children of poor parents have a 50 percent chance of being middle-income adults.

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Definitions:

Aversion Therapy

A behavior therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired with a harmful or socially undesirable behavior until the behavior becomes associated with pain or discomfort.

Undesirable Behavior

Actions or reactions that are not wanted or considered negative in a particular context.

Unpleasant Consequence

A negative outcome or punishment that follows an undesired behavior, used to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.

Aversion Therapy

A form of psychological treatment where undesirable behaviors are paired with unpleasant stimuli to reduce the behavior.