Child Development || Assignment

Running Head: CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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CHILD DEVELOPMENT1
Ecological systems theory
Ecological Systems Theory is an approach that helps to answer every question
regarding the affecting areas of child development by the social relationship
(Onwuegbuzie, Collins & Frels, 2013 p. 8).
Figure 1: Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory
Microsystem – “a pattern of activities, roles, and interpersonal relations experienced by the
developing person in a given face-to-face setting”.
Mesosystem – “Compromise the linkage and processes taking place between two or more
settings containing the developing person”.
Exosystem – “One or more setting that do not involve the developing person as an active
participant, but in which event occur that affect, or are affected by, what happens in the setting
containing the developing person”.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT2
Macrosystem – “The overarching pattern of micro, meso and exosystems features of a given
culture, subculture, or other extended social structure”.
Chronosystem – “The influence on the person’s development of changes over time in the
environment in which the person is living”.
Reflection
The theory
The psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner is the proprietor Ecological Systems Theory to
explain the influence of the variants of environmental system on human development. According
to the modern theorists social emotional development is a procedure over the time. It is a
complex procedure that include a proper communication of an individual being with the
particular aspects of environment.
Microsystem
The proximal layer of the Ecological Systems Theory is the microsystem. It involves the
setting with which the individual has direct connection. For instance, activities outside the school
including sports, educational gathering, and faith based programs. Hence, microsystem refers
to the reactions a child gets from their immediate surroundings including the family,
neighborhood, schools, and also includes the day care center (Cumming & Allen, 2017 pp.
1712). The researchers also consider the perception of the family responsible for an individual
development. .
Mesosystem