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Human Development

Question
CBSEENPS11022142

Describe about the Bronfen-brenner’s contextual view of developm-ent.

Solution

The Bronfenbrenner's contextual view of development is based on four sytems.


(i) Microsystem: It is the immediate environment/setting in which the individuals lives. It is in these settings where the child directly interact with the social agents like family, peer, teachers and neighbourhood.

(ii) Mesosystem: Relations between teacher and parents or family and neighbourhood etc.

(iii) Exosystem: Events in the social settings where the child does not participate directly but influence the child experiences in the immediate context. For example the transfer of father or mother may effect the interaction with child.

(iv) Chronosystem: It involves the events socio-historical circumstances, divorce etc.

In nutshell the child development significantly affect by complex world.