Economic factors that affect development

Question 1

4 ways economic factors can affect development

Answer 1

Income
Education
Employment status
Lifestyle

Question 2

Positive effects of employment PIES

Answer 2

Physical- physical work can have improve fitness levels
Intellectual- requires understanding and skill and maintains cognitive development
Emotional- can boost self esteem
Social- social interaction with colleagues and an opportunity to make friends

Question 3

Negative effects of employment

Answer 3

May cause muscular or skeletal problem if involving manual labour

Question 4

Define predictable life event and give examples

Answer 4

Life events which are certain to happen, often planned
Leaving school
Marriage
Child birth
Leaving home

Question 5

Define unpredictable life events and give examples

Answer 5

Life events which are unexpected and unplanned, can have positive and negative effects on wellbeing
Death of family member
Divorce
Losing a job
Injury or illness

Question 6

Effects of stressful life events

Answer 6

Migraines
Heart conditions
High blood pressure
Digestive problems

Question 7

Holmes Rahe adjustment scale

Answer 7

Test to see if there is a correlation between stressful life events and illness
43 life events are ranked in order of stress
Strong positive correlation between life changing events and illness

Question 8

Example of most and least stressful life events according to Holmes Rahe adjustment scale

Answer 8

Most- death of a spouse and divorce
Least- change in sleeping and eating habits