It Is 1970,and a Development Worker Hopes to Understand Mexican

Multiple Choice

It is 1970,and a development worker hopes to understand Mexican peasant families before intervening to improve their lives.This development worker reads Oscar Lewis's "The Culture of Poverty" and interprets peasant life according to Lewis's theory.What does the development worker conclude?

A) Due to poor childhood nutrition and maternal care,peasants develop low IQs and,thus,poverty.
B) Peasants make rational but self-defeating choices,passing poverty on to subsequent generations.
C) Governmental repression and neglect can be seen in peasant faces,clothes,and bodies.
D) Peasants parent their children poorly because adults work long hours far from home,thus creating social problems.