Summary Of Kochi's Microsystem

Furthermore the microsystem that Kochi operates is one consumed with prostitution. A child’s microsystem includes the setting in which they inhabit, the people who they live with, and the things they do with the people in their microsystem. Kochi’s microsystem includes a brothel and her family members, some of who work in the brothel. Her microsystem continuously reinforces the idea of working as a prostitute and denies her opportunities for further development. Fortunately Kochi’s microsystem includes her grandmother who supports Kochi’s educational and photography aspirations. So, her microsystem has one person supporting Kochi’s opportunities for development. Another microsystem that is apart of Kochi’s life is her photography class. The

An extremely pivotal exosystem that exists throughout the documentary are the boarding schools. Many of the boarding schools in India will not accept children who come from brothels. This decision from the boarding schools is a decision that Kochi is powerless to. Kochi does not participate in the schools’ decision process and yet the process has an immeasurable effect on her. This powerlessness is a primary factor leading to impaired development and psychopathology. Fortunately for Kochi, she had an advocate in Zana who advocated for her admission into boarding school. Zana as an advocated lessened the perceived risk that could have affected Kochi. Macrosystem are blueprints that reflect people’s shared assumptions on how things should be done. Macrosystems refer to the general organization of the world as it is and as it might be. In the context of Born into Brothels the macrosystem is people’s assumptions that children living in a brothel will not be able to escape the brothel. Additionally, people may assume that the children will follow in the footsteps of their parents and remain in the brothels as prostitutes or drug addicts. In Kochi’s case through the lens of a macrosystem it can be assumed that she would remain in the brothel as a