PSYC 313 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chromosome Abnormality, Fast Mapping, Autism Spectrum

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 313
• Professor: Breithaupt

Document Summary

Chapter 1: child development the way people grow and change from conception through emerging adulthood. Biological, cognitive, psychological, and social functioning: culture the total pattern of a group"s customs, beliefs, art, and technology, transmitted through language. Population growth: total fertility rate in a population, the number of births per woman, developed countries most affluent countries in the world. 18% of total world population: developing countries less wealth than the developed countries. 82% of total world population: two reasons the united states follows a different demographic path: Total fertility rate is higher than most developed countries. United states allows more legal immigration than most developed countries, and also has millions of undocumented immigrants. 40% of world"s population lives on less than per day. 80% of world"s population lives on a family income of less than ,000 per year: developed countries 50% go on to tertiary education, developing countries about 20% of children don"t complete primary school.