Ecological Models of Human Development (Feb. 23)

1. Q) Organize the ecological system in which students develop into 5 main pieces. Give definition for each.
A.) 1. Microsystems- It is the different situations in different environments that people will face that helps make and change who the person is. Examples of microsystems is at home, school, jobs and etc..
2. Mesosystems- It is when two microsystems connect together. An example would be home and school. It would be parental involvement with the school.
3. Exosystems- It is when two setting connect together. One of the settings does not involve the person and the other does. An example would be home and the parents workplace. The workplace can affect the home of the child. The parent may be busy all of the time.
4. Macrosystems- This is the culture, beliefs and things like that impact the environment. These things affect decision that one may make.
5. Chronosystems- How at different times the environment can affect the person. Tough times in the economy may make it hard to provide the child with enough attention.

Q. 2) Describe one or two example of things, you personally, can see better with this model.
A.) Learning about the macrosystem helped me to see better. I have a roommate from Korea and she always uses my things with out asking me. I have always asked to borrow thing, but she may come from a place where you just share everything. Another thing she does is when she wears my shirts she hangs them up dirty. To her it may seem normal not to wash clothes you wore once. When I wore a shirt of hers the next day she wore the same shirt without washing it. It made me take into consideration how she was raised and to not get mad because it is what's normal to her.