Homelessness & Youth

b

Homelessness is defined as having no fixed ...

a. address

b. place to sleep at night

c. residence

d. space to nurture one's soul

e

Who would not be included in the definition of homeless?

a. people staying in motels until their money runs out.

b. people staying with friends

c. people staying in shelters

d. people sleeping outside

e. all of the above should be considered homeless

d

Which cause of homelessness was not mentioned in the textbook?

a. residential instability

b. disruptive homelife

c. failure to live independently due to financial crisis

d. fire or natural disaster

b

Functionalism explains teen homeless by claiming it is due to ....

a. dysfunctional families

b. a failure to socialize

c. economic factors

d. an inability to form a strong identity

a

Conflict theorists might suggest this if they wanted to combat teen homelessness.

a. make more affordable housing

b. create fines for homeless teens

c. increase funding to organizations like C.A.S. (Children's Aid Society)

d. Mandatory life skills training in high school

c

Where on Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development do most homeless teens fall?

a. Autonomy versus shame and doubt

b. Generativity versus stagnation

c. Identity versus role confusion

d. Ego integrity versus regret