Drew Westen,in "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the fate of the Nation," argues that when advocates of health-care reform talk about universal health care as a way to help "the uninsured" or "the underinsured," they turn many people against universal health care because there is an underlying assumption that poor people are getting what they deserve.What do sociologists call this assumption?

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The assumption that poor people are getting what they deserve is called the just-world hypothesis. This idea suggests that people believe that individuals get what they deserve based on their actions, which can lead to blaming the victim for their own misfortune. This assumption can lead to negative attitudes toward policies aimed at helping the poor, such as universal health care.

Drew Westen,in "The Political Brain: the Role of Emotion in Deciding