Ecological Systems Theory - Bioecological model

Question 1

What is this theory about?

Answer 1

• Children develop within a complex system of relationships, who are they interacting with and which context?
• Everything effects everyone

Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem

• Environment is ever changing

Question 2

What is the biological model about?

Answer 2

• Nature and nurture mold development

Question 3

What is the microsystem?

Answer 3

• The childs immediate surroundings
  Family, school, activities
• All relationships are bidirectional
• Has an enduring impact on development
• Third parties affect any two individual relationship
  One parent affect the other parent-child relationship

Question 4

What is the mesosystem?

Answer 4

• The connections between microsystem
• One microsystem affects another
  Home situation - School

Question 5

What is the exosystem?

Answer 5

• Social settins that can influence childrens development
  Parents workplace - formal
  Parents social circle - informal

Question 6

What is macrosystem?

Answer 6

• Consists of cultural values, laws, customs and resources that affects childrens development
  Parental leave

Question 7

What is the chronosystem?

Answer 7

• An every-changing system
• Life events affect development
  New sibling
  Starting school
  Moving
  Divorce
  Bullying

Question 8

What characteristics can influence development?

Answer 8

• Gender
• Immigrant background
  Match with system in the current society?
• Other minority groups
• Parents sexuality