EDP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Urie Bronfenbrenner, Social Change, American Psychologist
12 Oct 2016
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Social development refers to the long-term changes in relationships and interactions involving self, peers, and family includes both positive changes, such as how friendships develop, and negative changes, such as aggression or bullying. Context: the total situation that surrounds and interacts with an individual"s thoughts, feelings, and actions to shape development and learning. Describes the cultural and social contexts that shape development. Microsystem: the person"s immediate relationships and activities. Mesosystem: the set of interactions and relationships among all the elements of the microsystem. Exosystem: all of the social settings that affect the person, even though he/she is not a direct member of the system. Macrosystem: the larger society-- its values, laws, conventions, and traditions. Psychological health requires fulfilling innate human needs. Basic or lower-level needs have to be satisfied before higher-level needs become important or motivating. Basic requirements of physical and emotional well-being. Desires to become fulfilled as a person or to be.
