Deck 5: Bronfenbrenner: Ecology of Human Development

Question 1

In his 1979 book The Ecology of Human Development, Bronfenbrenner proposed that ____________ plays a role in children's development.

A) education
B) intelligence
C) the culture at large
D) interpersonal skills

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Bronfenbrenner's concentric structures, ______________ are the immediate social context of a child's life-that is, the people with whom a child interacts on a regular basis.

A) exosystems
B) microsystems
C) macrosystems
D) mesosystems

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to Bronfenbrenner's concentric structures concept, _________________ are embedded in the mesosystem.

A) microsystems
B) macrosystems
C) exosystems
D) sub-mesionicsystems

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The ________ represents the dominant beliefs and ideologies in the culture.

A) mesosystem
B) macrosystem
C) microsystems
D) reciprocal interactions

Question 5

Interactions between levels of concentric structures are referred to as _________.

A) human interrelationships
B) normal discourse
C) mesosystems
D) reciprocal interactions

Question 6

Bronfenbrenner considered the _______ to be the innermost structure in the concentric arrangement.

A) microsystem
B) mesosystem
C) family
D) child

Question 7

Institutions such as local governments, businesses, services, and media are considered to be part of the _________.

A) microsystem
B) mesosystem
C) exosystem
D) macrosystem

Question 8

The mesosystem contains community groups such as the school, neighborhood, and other social organizations.

Question 9

The model of the ecology of human development is responsible for our recognition of the complex effects of social and economic status (SES) of families and communities on children.

Question 10

Human ecology is the study of the complex interrelationships between humans and their social environments.

Question 11

Bronfenbrenner examined the effects of the id and the ego on children's development.