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Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model Essay

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Until Bronfenbrenner (1994), developmental psychologists couldn’t get out their comfort zone concerning the strange activities of children and their development. Bronfenbrenner however proposed a theory that had a huge impact on this matter. This theory was based on the effect of environmental factors, which the development occurs, what he called ‘Ecological models’ (pg. 38). He divided this topic into five subsystems: Microsystems, Mesosystems, Exosystems, Macrosystems, Chronosystems. The simplest one them all is microsystems, which includes social interactions and roles, relations with others. School, daycare and home can be exemplified. He mentions proximal processes, which are the processes that links between the individual and the environment, effect the development of the …show more content…

39). Mesosystems are the interaction of these two contents which school and home can be demonstrated. Exosystems include one environment that the child isn’t included but effected, and an environment he is in an their interaction which can be workplace of parents and home. Macrosystems includes all these systems. And lastly, Chronosystems represent the change of the context the child lives in. SES of family change can be exemplified. According to the questionnaire that is inspired by this theory by Bronfenbrenner, two parents were persistent to claim that environment they live in had an effect on their child’s psychology and interaction with others. They both say that when they moved to a more sincere neighborhood, they saw their daughter making friends and having decent social relationships. These parents were made their choices according to their daughters’ happiness and the environment she was going to get in. Especially the mother says that she sent her child to a kindergarten, which was owned by a family, to keep her child more comfortable. The choice of house was also depended on the location of her kindergarten. Which made her feel

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