Environment and Behaviour — psychology STD 12 Arts — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ArtspsychologyEnvironment and Behaviour3 Marks
Question
Explain the five mechanisms of Bronfenbrenner environment.
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Answer
Bronfenbrenner has a different approach to the environment.
Bronfenbrenner attempts to explain a bird's nest-like environment in sequence through the concept of five systems:
(a) Micro System:
What a person lives in is his microcosm.
These include elements such as a person's family, peers, school, and neighborhood. Most of the interactions in this system take place with parents, peers and friends.
(b) Meso system:
This system consists of various micro systems.
E.g. A child's family experiences can have an effect on his interactions with friends or teachers.
Children of a married family have difficulty adjusting to their friends.
(c) Exo system:
This system indicates the effects of the experience of situations not very close to the person on the people close to him.
E.g. A person's experience in the workplace affects the interaction of the child with the spouse.
Due to a dispute with a superior in the office, a person comes home and gets angry with his wife or child.
(d) Cultural system (Macro system):
This system is associated with the culture in which the person lives.
Culture includes beliefs, values, customs, etc.
Which is followed by most of the people in the society.
(e) Chromo system:
Chronological system consists of behavioral patterns that are associated with reactions to life-changing changes in a socio-historical context.
E.g. A person is enterprising and optimistic when he is young but his activities and ambitions decrease with age.
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