FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Qualitative Property, Demand Characteristics, Oedipus Complex
7 Dec 2013
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Chapter 1: a cultural approach to human development. Human development - the ways people grow and change across the lifespan. The total pattern of a group"s customs, beliefs, art and technology. A group"s common way of life, passed on from one generation to the next. Globalization -increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade, travel, migration and communication. Helps in communication, understanding others" perspectives, and in understanding one"s own place in the world. The population began to notably increase about 10,000 years ago. 400 years ago the world"s population reached 500 million and surpassed 7 billion in 2011, expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. The population is continuing to increase at an astonishing rate. Replacement rate = 2. 1 = number of births/woman required for a stable population. Current tfr = 2. 8 (significantly higher than the replacement rate, so population is expected to increase), but the tfr is declining.
