Unit 1: Economics and Globalization

Lesson 3a: Demand

Outcomes - what you should lern

TOPICS

Demand:

- Define
- Draw
- Describe
- Determinants

OUTCOMES

define demand (note: it has a DIFFERENT DEFINITION in economics)

If the price of pizza goes up, why does the demand for pizza stay the same?

be able to correctly draw and label a demand graph

why do economists employ the ceteris paribus assumption when creating a demand curve?

what is the law of demand?

why is the demand curve downward sloping (three explanations)

list the non-price determinants of demand (Pe. Pog, I, Npot, T) and understand how they affect the demand schedule and curve. This is VERY IMPORTANT. BE ABLE TO DO THIS! See the 3a/3b/3c yellow pages.

explain the difference between the a "change in the quantity demanded" and a "change in demand"

what is an increase in demand and a decrease in demand and show how they affect the demand schedule and the demand curve

what is "market demand"?

what is that Campbell's Pork and Beans can doing on the display for VanCamp's Pork and Beans (see picture at left)? Which non-price determinant of demand explains why that Campbell's soup can is there?

 

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