Module 2 Flashcards
The smallest and most
immediate environment in
which children live
Microsystem
Encompasses the
interaction of the different
microsystems which
children find themselves
in.
Mesosystem
The largest and most distant collection of
people and places to the children that still
have significant influences on them.
Macrosystem
Pertains to the linkages that may
exist between two or more settings,
one of which may not contain the
developing children but affect them
indirectly nonetheless.
Exosystem
influence of both change and
constancy in the children’s
environments
Chronosystem
People develop self-images
through interactions with other
people.
George Herbert
Mead
Theory of the Social Self
George Herbert
Mead
It’s a part of you that has
nothing to do with
society.
I
Socialized to think
beyond yourself.
Me
Dependence of one’s social self or
social identity on one’s
appearance to others
Charles Horton
Cooley
Serve as a blueprint of our self
Nature
Micro and macro level of social life
Nurture
Self is both a product of nature and nurture
Eclectic point
refer to the total chracteristics or qualities of a person both
known and unknown to others
Self
distinguishes one from another or can be used to compare
(similarities and differences) a person to other person
Identity
