HECOL100 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Human Ecology, Interaction, Ternary Relation
12 Oct 2018
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HECOL100
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
HECOL 100
LECTURE 1
Human Ecology
A profession in human services
helping in meaningful and practical ways
as individuals, families, and communities develop skills for problem solving day to day
concerns
so that they find well being for themselves, society, and the world
what types of jobs would match this definition? etc.
Humanitarian Councillor
Counselling (career, family, youth) HR
Criminal Rehabilitation Teacher
Politician Public speakers
Social worker Health
Monday, September 14, 2015
interest in child development and worker protection shows prevalence in Placid Lake
Conferences, etc. early signs of human ecology practices
consumer era - over time a sense that people need to be working longer hours, also the
pushback that said no to the longer hours
80s and 90s - longer hours = more money = more consumerism, upscale in the American
Dream - wanting bigger homes, better cars. comfort is no longer enough - new consumerism
most recent phase of consumerism - looking at western euro-centric philosophy
ego centric philosophy - radical individualism
when try to maximize one part of the system, throws other parts out of balance
why would over-consumption be an issue for human ecology/ecologists
pollution finite resources
inflation health issues
distribution of goods (balance)
Industrial Growth Society (Euro-centric)
production - assembly lines
a cause and effect process
how we think about systems is changing over time - movements from linear to circles to webs,
etc.
part of family - ever seen consequences of how people act/ feel etc - grounds people in not the
idea of a system - but a web of interconnectedness, a complexity of interactions between the
people, few or many. to understand that the problems that are most difficult, come about
how are people connected, how are they connected to where they are living, how is where they
are living connected back to the people
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Near environment - external micro environment - clothing, family, home - immediacy
60s and 70s - started to pay attention to dwindling resources - the Ecological Crisis, what do we
do in this new consumerism because we can not prevent - raise awareness as home as a
consuming unit but as a caring unit
counteractions to the new era consumerism - ex/ tiny houses to oppose McMansions
human ecology is a non linear system - relations and overlapping
Mission - evolution of
“The mission of home economics is to enable families, both as individual units and generally as
a social institutions, to build and maintain system of action which lead…”
also to support global interdependence of individuals ….”
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Document Summary
Health interest in child development and worker protection shows prevalence in placid lake. Conferences, etc. early signs of human ecology practices. Monday, september 14, 2015 consumer era - over time a sense that people need to be working longer hours, also the pushback that said no to the longer hours. 80s and 90s - longer hours = more money = more consumerism, upscale in the american. Near environment - external micro environment - clothing, family, home - immediacy. The mission of home economics is to enable families, both as individual units and generally as a social institutions, to build and maintain system of action which lead also to support global interdependence of individuals . Lecture 4 commodity marketing - not marketing a product but more so a program family enhancement - a preventative approach which ts perfectly with the goals of human ecology. policy analysis fund development and public relations.
