Bronfrenbrenner's Ecological Model

Question 1

Bronfrenbrenner’s ecological model consists of the following 4 interacting systems:

Answer 1

Microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem

Question 2

Describe the microsystem

Answer 2

The child’s immediate setting and includes family, daycare center, and school

Question 3

Describe the mesosystem

Answer 3

Refers to interconnections between the different components of child’s microsystem; i.e., family crisis may upset child who is then disruptive in daycare center

Question 4

Describe the exosystem

Answer 4

Aspects of the environment child is not in direct contact with but is affected by, such as parents’ jobs and friends in community

Question 5

Describe the macrosystem

Answer 5

Cultural and subcultural context in which other 3 systems are embedded; includes aspects of society that affect child’s development, like racism, SES conditions, cultural standards about childrearing