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Understanding Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory

This document summarizes Urie Bronfenbrenner's Bio Ecological Theory, which proposes that human development is influenced by different environmental systems. The theory identifies five systems - the microsystem of direct social interactions, the mesosystem of relationships between microsystems, the exosystem of indirect links to social contexts, the macrosystem of broader cultural values, and the chronosystem of life transitions over time. Together, these environmental systems at varying levels shape human behavior from family to school to work in complex ways over an individual's lifespan.

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Understanding Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory

This document summarizes Urie Bronfenbrenner's Bio Ecological Theory, which proposes that human development is influenced by different environmental systems. The theory identifies five systems - the microsystem of direct social interactions, the mesosystem of relationships between microsystems, the exosystem of indirect links to social contexts, the macrosystem of broader cultural values, and the chronosystem of life transitions over time. Together, these environmental systems at varying levels shape human behavior from family to school to work in complex ways over an individual's lifespan.

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Human Behavior and

Victimology
Group 2 Reporting
Bio Ecological Theory by Urie Brofenbrenner

• This is known as the Human Ecology Theory, the


Ecological system theory states that human
development is influenced by the different types of
environmental systems. Formulated by famous
psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner, this theory helps
us understand why we may behave differently when
we compare our behavior in the presence of our
family and our behavior when we are in school or at
work.
The Five Environmental Systems
• The Ecological Systems Theory holds that we encounter different environments
throughout our lifespan that may influence our behavior in varying degrees. These
systems include the:
• Microsystem
• Mesosystem
• Exosystem
• Macrosystem
• Chronosystem
The Microsystem
• The micro system’s setting is the direct environment we have in our lives.
Your family, friends, classmates, teachers, neighbors and other people
who have a direct contact with you are included in your microsystem. The
microsystem is the setting in which we have direct social interaction with
these social agents. The theory states that we are not mere recipients of the
experiences we have when socializing with these people in the
microsystem environment, but we are contributing to the construction of
such environment.
The Mesosystem
• Involves the relationships between the microsystem in one’s life. This
means that your family may be related to your school experience. For
example, a child is neglected by his parents, he may have a low chance of
developing positive attitude towards his teachers. Also, this child may feel
awkward in the presence of peers and may resort to withdrawal from a
group of classmates.
The Exosystem
• Is the setting in which there is a link between the context where in the
person does not have any active role, and the context where in is actively
participating. Suppose a child is more attached to his father than his
mother. If the child goes abroad for several months, there may be a
conflict between the mother and the child’s social relationship, or on the
other hand, this event may result to a tighter bond between the mother and
the child.
The Macrosystem
• Is the actual culture of an individual. The cultural contexts involve the
socioeconomic status of the person and/or his family, his ethnicity or race
and living in a still developing third world country. For example, being
born to a poor family makes a person work harder everyday.
The Chronosystem
• Includes the transitions and shifts in one’s lifespan. This may also involve
the socio-historical context that may influence a person. One classic
example of this is how divorce, as a major life transition, may affect not
only the couple’s relationship but also their children’s behavior. According
to a majority of research, children are negatively affected on the first year
after the divorce. The next years after it would reveal that the interaction
within the family becomes more stable and agreeable.

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