Theories Of Perspective Taking By Bronfenbrenner

Urie Bronfenbrenner created the ecological systems theory of child development. This theory suggests that we encounter different environmental systems, which shape (influences) us. These systems are known as the microsystem, the mesosystem, the exosystem, the macro system, and the chronosystem.
According to the Woolfolk text, social development is influenced by relationships in the micro system, people we have direct social interaction with. Family, friends, classmates, teachers, neighbors and other people who we have a direct contact with are included in the microsystem. Your parent’s parenting style, whether you have a blended or extended family, what group/clique you are part of have all influenced your development.
Our development is

Theory of mind is when one becomes capable of taking into consideration others' wants, needs, knowledge and mental states. What they may be thinking, how they may be feeling, what they may do next. Theory of Mind is a necessary component of perspective-taking. Perspective-taking refers to our ability to relate to others. It is our ability to perceive someone else’s thoughts, feelings, and motivations. In other words, it refers to our ability to empathize with someone else and see things from their perspective.
Adults should have also developed a sense of right and wrong, a sense of moral reasoning. Moral reasoning is when one uses their personal judgment to determine what is right and what is wrong in a situation. It is influenced by the values and beliefs of their family and friends, and their own experiences. These rights and wrongs are also often defined by social conventions, what is perceived as right and wrong in the culture in which one lives. Social conventions are rules and expectations that one must conform to if they are to be participants in the

For example, just yesterday, (as I am writing this) my mother had to go to the hospital when she had a severe acid reflux reaction and could not breathe. My father spent time bemoaning about the traffic jam when we finally arrived. He complained about the traffic while my mother was sitting in the hospital. He later apologized, and gave me that as an example when I asked him for something that he has done to feel guilty about. By the way, my mother is fine.
I gave Dupuis the Heinz Dilemma. He did not feel that what Heinz did was right, but he admitted that if he were in the same situation, he would have done the same.
I also gave him an emotional intelligence test and he got 80% of them right. This showed me that he has developed his theory of mind.
Francis Dupuis has a developed sense of morals, he knows what is considered right and wrong in society, but he would also sometimes commit what society considers a wrong if he believes it is right, and evidenced when I gave him the Heinz Dilemma. Furthermore, he has done things that he feels guilty about, and has apologized for them. This places him at the appropriate postconventional