In Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory, he describes systems of environments which effects child development. The microsystem is the innermost system that represents the environments that a child directly interacts with. The microsystem is made of 4 components: home, religious setting, school, and neighborhood. All these components in the microsystem are environments in a child's daily life and affects his or her development in a direct way. Bronfenbrenner also describes a system of environments that indirectly effect children's lives and development called the exosystem. The exosystem consists of the parent's workplace, local government, school board, local industry, and mass media. Although most children do not interact directly
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As examples, school and religious setting are components of the microsystem that have directly affected my development. I started school at Sinnott Elementary School, which is considered the best elementary school in Milpitas, and switched to Randall Elementary, a very low-ranking school in Milpitas, before second grade started. An immediate effect from this change in school was being exposed to more ethnicities and culture. I am Asian, and Sinnott was made up of a majority of Asian students. After switching to Randall, I was exposed to a majority of Hispanic and Filipino students. As I became friends with those students, I learned about their home life, language, foods, and other aspects of their cultures, so by being exposed to these new cultures I learned to become more accepting of differences during my development as a child. In my adolescence, my religious setting became a greater part of my life. Not too long ago, I started thinking about my beliefs- what I believed in or if I had any religious beliefs at all. Recently, I realized how religious my family truly is. I grew up seeing my mom light incents everyday for our shrine, but I only recently started realizing how …show more content…
My dad has worked the same job for as along as I can remember. He works six out of the seven days of the week, usually from nine in the morning until seven at night. As a result from his absence from home, it is difficult for me to be as affectionate towards him as I am with my mom even though I do love him. As I am today, I try to show love by buying him things, but I can’t say “I love you” or hug him without feeling awkward. In terms of how this component of the exosystem effected my development into who I am today, my dad’s workplace indirectly effected my relationship with my father early in my childhood by keeping him away from home. To change the subject, a component of the exosystem that effected me in my adolescence is mass media. In my generation, social media is where I get the latest information on anything. For me, Instagram is my social media of choice to view not only pictures but see short clips of news. Although it may seem like it’s very convenient to view and hear about important news, I actually don’t. Unless I go out of my way to read news on a legitimate news website, I am only shown what becomes viral. This limitation of information has developed me into an ignorant person in a way. I don’t fully understand politics and I often don’t know what major issues are occurring in my local area. Mass media limits my information to
As examples, school and religious setting are components of the microsystem that have directly affected my development. I started school at Sinnott Elementary School, which is considered the best elementary school in Milpitas, and switched to Randall Elementary, a very low-ranking school in Milpitas, before second grade started. An immediate effect from this change in school was being exposed to more ethnicities and culture. I am Asian, and Sinnott was made up of a majority of Asian students. After switching to Randall, I was exposed to a majority of Hispanic and Filipino students. As I became friends with those students, I learned about their home life, language, foods, and other aspects of their cultures, so by being exposed to these new cultures I learned to become more accepting of differences during my development as a child. In my adolescence, my religious setting became a greater part of my life. Not too long ago, I started thinking about my beliefs- what I believed in or if I had any religious beliefs at all. Recently, I realized how religious my family truly is. I grew up seeing my mom light incents everyday for our shrine, but I only recently started realizing how …show more content…
My dad has worked the same job for as along as I can remember. He works six out of the seven days of the week, usually from nine in the morning until seven at night. As a result from his absence from home, it is difficult for me to be as affectionate towards him as I am with my mom even though I do love him. As I am today, I try to show love by buying him things, but I can’t say “I love you” or hug him without feeling awkward. In terms of how this component of the exosystem effected my development into who I am today, my dad’s workplace indirectly effected my relationship with my father early in my childhood by keeping him away from home. To change the subject, a component of the exosystem that effected me in my adolescence is mass media. In my generation, social media is where I get the latest information on anything. For me, Instagram is my social media of choice to view not only pictures but see short clips of news. Although it may seem like it’s very convenient to view and hear about important news, I actually don’t. Unless I go out of my way to read news on a legitimate news website, I am only shown what becomes viral. This limitation of information has developed me into an ignorant person in a way. I don’t fully understand politics and I often don’t know what major issues are occurring in my local area. Mass media limits my information to