Social and Emotional Development || Assignment

Running head: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD 1
Social And Emotional Development Of Child
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD 2
“In order to develop
normally, a child
requires progressively
more complex joint
activity”
“Every child
needs atleast
one adult
who is
irrationally
crazy about
him or her”
Mesosyst
em
(interconnect
ion between
the different
groups in a
microsystem)
Example of Microsystem: core
family, sibling, school teacher
Example of Mesosystem:
grandparents, neighbour
Micosyst
em
( most
immediate,
has direct
impact on the
child)
Brofenbrenner's
Ecological
System Theory
Example of Chronosystem:
improper nutrition among
children in the rural areas
leading to bad physical
development
Exosystem
(includes the
influences in
the child life,
which he has
no control
over)
Macrosyste
m
( includes the
cultural
aspects and
religious
ideas that
influence the
child)
Example of Exosystem:
Financial drain, family
dispute, parent stress
Example of Macrosystem:
religious belief, cultural
elements, political
differences
Chronosyste
m
( the overall impact
of all the systems a
child undergoes
troughout his life
and what significant
changes it brings
within the child)
“Sometimes you
will never know
the value of a
moment,until it
becomes a
memory”
“No society can
long sustain
itself unless its
members have
learned the skills
involved in

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD 3
The Bronfenbrenner Ecological System Theory, proposed by Urie Bronfenbrenner, is based on the
impact of environmental and social factors on child development(Tudge & Rosa, 2019). He divided the whole
concept of Ecological Theory into five levels: Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosysyem, and
Chronosystem.
The Microsystem is the foremost and most relatable environment for a child. It is most convenient,
impactful and influencing environment for a child as the way the members of this system behave with the child
will be reflected in his attitude(Tudge et al, 2017). For instance, the relationship between a child with his parent
is the closest and most emotional because a child spends most of his time with his parents. Another example
may be the relationship of a child with his school teacher or professors. Apart from parents, a child spends most
of his time with teachers and professors who provide them education and knowledge, so a teacher will have a
profound impact on the child’s life and will be able to leave an indefinite trace.
Mesosystem is the association or relationship between the different parts included in the Microsystem
and serves to put an indirect impact on the child development process. One example is the relationship between
a child’s parent with his teachers. Both the parent and the teacher are individually close to the child, and the
interrelation between them is a part of the mesosystem.
Exosystem is the third level of The Ecological Theory, where the child is not an active participant, but
he may be affected indirectly, or these elements will have an impact on the child's social and emotional
development. For example, a father at his workplace. Even though the child had never been physically present
in his father’s office, he is still aware of the events that take place there and is highly influenced by those. The
promotion of his father at the workplace will have a positive influence on the child, whereas when his father
leaves the job, that will leave grief in this mind.