Human Development Index

Some of the psychological effects are paranoia, depression, or suicidal thoughts. Some physical effects are rapid heartbeat, sleepiness, HIV, hepatitis from sharing needles, and respiratory problems. “Once you get started, it can be very hard to stop”. (Calabria et al., 2010, as cited in Cooner & Mitterer, 2016, p. 181). For example, I know someone that decided to try marijuana for the first time. What he did not know was the person had put cocaine in with it. After trying it that first time he did eventually become addicted to drugs and he even started doing heroin. Drugs affect three parts of the brain the cortex, limbic system, and the brain stem. Drug addiction affects the way the brain communicate and the way neurons send, receive, and process information. “Addictive drugs increase dopamine activity.” (Boyd, Harris, & Knight, 2012, as cited in Cooner & Mitterer, 2016, p.

Three demographic indicators of development include, but are not limited to natural increase rate, education level, and infant mortality rate. Natural increase helps determine the level of development of a country because if there is a positive increase rate, it shows that people are living to a reasonable age and children are being born and surviving. Education level determines the future of the country’s economy because if people are more educated the country’s economy most likely will become better. Infant mortality rate helps to determine the level of development in a country because it gives a good representation of the state of the medical facilities in the country and the mother’s need to have multiple children.

Intimacy versus isolation is stage six in Erik Ericksons eight stages of human development. This stage takes place from approximately 19-40 years of age (Orlofsky, Marcia, & Lesser, 1973). The big question that people face in this stage is will I be loved or will I be alone. During this stage people start to develop more long term relationships. Friendship, dating, marriage and family play a big role in the happiness of this stage. This is when we leave the people that we grew up with and start our own lives. By establishing

1. What are the three basic dimensions of human development according to the United Nations, and what is one example of a statistic that offers insight into each of these three dimensions?

This Final Examination instructs the student to reflect on and discuss what was learned from the assignments in the UED 605-90D Human Growth Development course that will help ensure student success. In this paper, I will apply my knowledge of what I have learned from each assignment to help me reflect on my existing understanding of the subject. Fortunately, I have acquired some valuable material that is very beneficial in assisting me to achieve my full potential as a student.

care.” The World Health Organization’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health has defined SDH as “the conditions in which people

Many human development specialists have examined memory loss of adults later in life. During the past fifty years, there have been many studies in children’s cognitive development and earlier childhood memory loss. Ernest G. Schachtel conducted studies on why people forget childhood memories as they grow older. He described the processes that could be involved in early memory loss (Crain, 2005). He was influenced by Sigmund Freud’s cognitive theory (Crain, 2005). Lev S. Vygotsky, however, described children’s early memory development as a holistic process that involved society, physiological, cultural, and economical environments. (Vygotsky,

If life expectancy is high in a given country will the income or GDP per person also be high

North America, Europe, and Oceania have a majority of their countries in the highest category of human development. The lowest category can be found in Africa. The 0.500 to 0.949 categories can be found in Asia, and South America.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators.

The study of human development is a science. It is based on theories, data, analysis, critical thinking, and sound methodology (Berger). Five characteristics of Development that will be discussed in this paper are multidirectional, multi-contextual, multicultural, multidisciplinary and plasticity. There are also five theories of development which are psychoanalytical, behaviorism, cognitive, socio-cultural, and epigenetic theory. Together these characteristics and theories can be used together to get a better understanding of the human development and how much genetics play a role in development and how much the

Healthy people 2020 has twelve categories that are considered “leading health indicators” that will help to track the progress of improving health for the population, an example of some of the leading health indictors are “access to health

This is a photo of Sierra Leone, the lowest Human Development Index score in the world. As it clarifies in Economic and Political Geographies, HDI scores are based on economics, social, and demographic factors. As you can see Sierra Leone is overrun by garbage and sewage and their homes are dilapidated, both signifying the lack of wealth. Being surrounded by mounds of waste calls for mice, disease, and the pollution of water. Poverty also leads to lack of education, causing an even lower HDI score. Sierra Leone also has absence of roadways, which also means mobility is not available to these people. As a whole, Sierra Leone is not somewhere people would want to live and something needs to be done to help this less developed region to create

2. HDI definition: United Nation Human Development Index. HDI is defined by longitivity, knowledge, and income.

There are three foundations of human development. The foundations are the biological development, psychological development, and social development. The concept of human diversity and cultural competences demonstrates how different people can be. General systems theory and social order are connected in some way.