Define the four levels of the environment as described in Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory. How do these levels relate to the biopsychosocial framework?
What will be an ideal response?
The microsystem consists of the people and objects in an individual's immediate environment. The mesosystem provides connections across Microsystems. The exosystem consists of social settings that a person may not experience firsthand but that still influence development. The macrosystem consists of the cultures and subcultures in which the microsystem, mesosystems, and exosystem are embedded. The microsystem is where we would find the biological forces from the biopsychosocial framework influencing development. Psychological forces influence development in both the microsystem and mesosystem. Sociocultural forces influence development at the level of the mesosytem, exosystem, and the macrosystem. Life-cycle forces can influence development at all levels of Brofenbrenner's ecological approach.
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