WK3 Social development, Brofenbrenner Flashcards
What was Bronfenbrenner’s theory called?
The bioecological model
What is the Bioecological model?
It is the belief that the total situation that surrounds/interacts with one’s thoughts, feelings, actions shape our development
What is internal context?
The hormone levels in body , organs and self-concepts that develop in puberty
What is external context?
Families, schools, groups, social programmes, gov policies
External context and Internal context are developed into what?
An ecological system
What are the five stages of the model?
Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem, Chronosystem
What is the mnemonic for the model?
Mini, Men, Excite, Massive, Children
What is the first stage of the model?
Microsystem
What is the microsystem?
- the individuals immediate environment
- has the most direct impact
- family, friends, peers, teachers
What is the second stage of the model?
Mesosystem
What is the mesosystem?
- all the relationships and interactions in the microsystem
- interactions between their family and school or between their friends and family.
What is the third stage of the model?
Exosystem
What is the Exosystem?
- environments in which the individual is not an active participant but still impacts development
- e.g. child’s experiences at home may be influenced by parents experience at work
- mass media, extended family
What is the fourth stage in development?
Macrosystem
What is the Macrosystem?
- involves the broader society and cultural forces that contribute to individual development
- social norms, values, culture,W
