SOC312H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Graph Paper, Intensify, Thomas Robert Malthus
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Challenges of defining the boundaries of a population: the number of de facto residents: the actual number of people within a city"s defined boundaries vary greatly by time of the day, day of the week and season. : what are the sociological implications of population change for the present. Pt1-pt2 = (bt1, t2 dt1,t2) + (int1,t2 outt1,t2) 19. linear model: assumes a straight line progression over time geometric and exponential: based on a common principle growth follows a non linear trend over time. Population rises gently at first and then gradually picks up momentum producing an increasingly large increment of population numbers over time . 20. logistic: assumes that a human population undergoing prolonged exponential growth will eventually experience insupportable levels of population density which will impose strains on resources and the environment. Individual action produces patterns and phenomena at the macro level.
