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| Introduction: | | | | relationship of an individual with his family. |
| Bronfenbrenner was a psychologist who was born in | | | | The exosystem: |
| 1917, he developed the ecological theory of human | | | | In this system the individual has no active role in |
| development, in his theory of human development he | | | | determining the settings but the settings have direct |
| analyzed three types of systems that aid in human | | | | influence on the individual, an example is where the |
| development, they include the micro system, | | | | government will build schools which will create a micro |
| mesosystem, the exosystem, and the macro system | | | | system environment. Also a parent may belayed off |
| and finally he developed the fifth system which is the | | | | from work and this will result to certain outcomes to |
| chrono system. All this system as Bronfenbrenner | | | | the family example low income levels leading to the |
| stated have rules, norms and at the same time roles | | | | lack of basic needs in the family. |
| that shape development of human beings. | | | | The Macro system: |
| Ecological theory of human development by | | | | This is the system that is caused by the ideology in |
| Bronfenbrenner | | | | the society or the culture of the society, this |
| The micro system: | | | | influences the individual directly but the individual has |
| This are the settings in which a person lives in, this | | | | less in determining his settings, this for example |
| micro system includes the family, peer group, | | | | include ideologies such as democracy, capitalism and |
| neighborhood and school life, this system helps shape | | | | socialism, another example of the macro system is |
| a persons development in that a person have direct | | | | religion which may be Christianity, Islam, also the |
| contact with them, the nature of this system is that | | | | ethnic group example Asian or Indian. |
| the individuals who have direct contact with the | | | | The chronosystem: |
| agent will aid in the construction of the settings of | | | | This system is the last system that Bronfenbrenner |
| this system. | | | | developed, this system develops as a result of a |
| The Meso System: | | | | persons experience in his life, this includes |
| This system is the relationship between the | | | | environmental events and transitions in an |
| Microsystems. the Microsystems interrelate with each | | | | individual’s life, and this also includes the |
| other and this can be seen with the relationship | | | | history of an individual. |
| between school life, the neighborhood and the family, | | | | |