Simplified, the theory says that overpopulation brings about poverty, famine, starvation and disease. A devotee might claim that Haiti's problems are the result of too many people on that part of Hispanola rather than the interrelated effects of poor education, corruption, natural disasters and lack of business opportunity.
Optimum theory proposes that there is an ideal population size that maximizes societal welfare and economic efficiency, whereas Malthusian theory posits that population growth will outstrip resources leading to famine and suffering unless controlled by preventive checks (like war, disease, or lack of resources) or positive checks (like famine, disease, or war). Optimum theory focuses on the balance between population and resources for societal well-being, while Malthusian theory highlights the consequences of unchecked population growth.
can you say that malthusian population theory is relevant to Nigerian,using the 2006 population census?
The Malthusian theory suggests that population growth will outstrip food supply, leading to resource scarcity and social collapse. In contrast, the demographic transition theory explains how populations stabilize as societies transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates due to economic and social development.
He was a scientist who explained the malthusian theory
Karl Marx
The Malthusian Trap is the theory that, as population growth is ahead of agricultural growth, there must be a stage at which the food supply is inadequate for feeding the population.
Freud's theory focuses on the unconscious mind and how it influences behavior, Piaget's theory emphasizes cognitive development through stages, Kohlberg's theory explores moral development stages, Gilligan's theory offers an alternative perspective on moral development with a focus on care and relationships, Mead's theory examines how society shapes identity, and Erikson's theory outlines stages of psychosocial development throughout the lifespan. Each theory offers a unique perspective on different aspects of human development and behavior.
The four approaches to studying language development are nativist, behaviorist, interactionist, and cognitive. Nativist perspective suggests that language acquisition is innate, behaviorist perspective emphasizes learning through reinforcement, interactionist perspective highlights social interactions as key for language development, and cognitive perspective focuses on how cognition and language development are intertwined.
Kenneth K Kurihara has written: 'The Keynesian theory of economic development' -- subject(s): Economic development
Describe the procedure adopted under the scientific method in the development of economic theories
They invented Communism theory
Karl Marx