Bronfenbrenner's key ecological contexts - ANSWER -microsystem
-mesosystem
-exosystem
-macrosystem
microsystem - ANSWER -child's day to day setting, the places they inhabit, the people
they live with, the things they do together (ex. family, peers, teachers)-
mesosystem - ANSWER relationships or intersections between microsystems,
particularly the effects created by the interactions (ex neighborhood, peer group,
community institutions)
exosystem - ANSWER social settings that influence a child's development but in which
the child does not necessarily have a direct role (ex parents' workplaces, children's tv)
macrosystem - ANSWER the broader cultural context that shapes attitudes and beliefs
and behaviors (ex. historical setting, permissive parenting)
5 Basic Premise's of Bronfenbrenner's systems theories - ANSWER -wholeness
-interdependence
-hierarchy
-calibration
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, -multi/equifinality
wholeness - ANSWER the whole is greater than the sum of its parts (ex. one member
of the family goes to college, affects all family)
interdependence - ANSWER systems are coconstructed; all members are affected by
shifts and changes
hierarchy - ANSWER systems have subsystems and are embedded in larger systems
(supra systems)
calibration - ANSWER feedback loops served to encourage or resist change
multi/equifinality - ANSWER similar system conditions can lead to multiple end stages
how did playing jenga in class illustrate 5 basic premises - ANSWER -
wholeness/hierarcy-single wooden pieces create whole
-interdependence-what you pull out affects what other player will do
-calibration-people attack game with different strategies
-multi/equifinality-start out same but game has different outcomes
how are the elements of a child's environment reciprocal? How is this important to
ecological systems theory? - ANSWER -child shapes his/her environment
(developmentally instigative characteristics)
-the environment shapes the child (responses, expectations)
-ecological systems theory based on accommodations between child and environment, show
how they shape each other
ecological theory - ANSWER -the accommodation throughout life between a growing
child and the changing immediate setting in which they live
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-mesosystem
-exosystem
-macrosystem
microsystem - ANSWER -child's day to day setting, the places they inhabit, the people
they live with, the things they do together (ex. family, peers, teachers)-
mesosystem - ANSWER relationships or intersections between microsystems,
particularly the effects created by the interactions (ex neighborhood, peer group,
community institutions)
exosystem - ANSWER social settings that influence a child's development but in which
the child does not necessarily have a direct role (ex parents' workplaces, children's tv)
macrosystem - ANSWER the broader cultural context that shapes attitudes and beliefs
and behaviors (ex. historical setting, permissive parenting)
5 Basic Premise's of Bronfenbrenner's systems theories - ANSWER -wholeness
-interdependence
-hierarchy
-calibration
1
, -multi/equifinality
wholeness - ANSWER the whole is greater than the sum of its parts (ex. one member
of the family goes to college, affects all family)
interdependence - ANSWER systems are coconstructed; all members are affected by
shifts and changes
hierarchy - ANSWER systems have subsystems and are embedded in larger systems
(supra systems)
calibration - ANSWER feedback loops served to encourage or resist change
multi/equifinality - ANSWER similar system conditions can lead to multiple end stages
how did playing jenga in class illustrate 5 basic premises - ANSWER -
wholeness/hierarcy-single wooden pieces create whole
-interdependence-what you pull out affects what other player will do
-calibration-people attack game with different strategies
-multi/equifinality-start out same but game has different outcomes
how are the elements of a child's environment reciprocal? How is this important to
ecological systems theory? - ANSWER -child shapes his/her environment
(developmentally instigative characteristics)
-the environment shapes the child (responses, expectations)
-ecological systems theory based on accommodations between child and environment, show
how they shape each other
ecological theory - ANSWER -the accommodation throughout life between a growing
child and the changing immediate setting in which they live
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