Urie Bonfenbrenner's Ecological Model Systems: Analysis

The environmental influences must be considered in order to understand the behavioral of a child. Urie Bronfenbrenner was a famous Russian American psychologist who formulated the Ecological Model Systems in 1979. He believed that as a child grow and mature, the way he/she interact with the environment become more complex. The Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model Systems defines how external environments and individuals affect the development of a child. It is made up of four systems that greatly influence the development of a child. The four systems are microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem. My parents divorced when I was 3 years old and I grew up in a broken family. My microsystem includes immediate relationship I interact with,

Mesosystem could include the experiences at home related to experiences at school, or experiences related to church. The individual is simply observing the things happening to them, but they are playing an active role in helping create the experiences that they have. My mesosystem involves the relationship and experience with my family, teachers, and friends. In my mother family, I feel safe around them, but in my father family, I feel liked been dislike because my father family didn’t like my mom and I.My development as a child affected in a negative way because my parents were separated. This makes me to have low self-esteem, shame, and doubtful feelings about myself. Even though my situation affected me in a negative way, because of my mom and teachers, I did well in school. My mom took an active role in my school, such as attending teacher/parents conference and also volunteering in my classroom. Every year on all my birthday, she gave food for the whole my elementary school. My mom had a good relationship with my teachers and my friends. My school teachers and friends encouraged me to pursue my goals and to be strong in life. They also supported my interest and the competition that I participate at school. My religion and Sunday school teachers molded me to accept whatever happens in my life, give love to the people around me and to be a better

It is the outer layer that contains the attitude and ideologist, values, laws, and customs of particular culture and subculture. Macrosystem is influenced by the culture and society in which a person lives. The belief system and ideology of an individual’s culture influence the person directly; however, the individual does not necessarily have as much as freedom in determining his or her surroundings. For example, the influence could include political or religious norms of culture. In my Asian family culture, we always pay respect for elders. The children are expected to be family oriented and are encouraged to work hard for the family. In my family style for raising a child, the parents will support and give what the child need during school ages or until he/she graduates and get a job. In our culture, we still live with our parents even though we are over 18 years old or sometimes even if person gets married. An example of this is my own life myself, I am 25 years old and I still live with my mom. It’s not because I don’t work or have money to live by myself but it’s it part of our culture. When our parents get old, that’s the time where we can pay back to and take care of them. When my mom gets old and unable to work anymore, I’ll take care of her the way she takes good care of me. In our country, young people and children are expected to listen and obey their parents. Freedom of expression is not widely practice at