Model of Human Behavior II

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Educational Psychology
Part II
Provide an overview of the systems model of human
development presented in class, describing how
the behavioral, cognitive, humanistic and
learning/ development theories address different
factors in this model.
Developed by W. Huitt, 1999
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The Context of Human Development
Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the
layers of context, environment, or ecology of
human development
The most immediate and earliest influences such
as family, school, religious institutions and
peer groups and their interactions.
Microsystem
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human
development. Cambridge, MA Harvard University
Press.
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The Context of Human Development
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The Context of Human Development
Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the
layers of context, environment, or ecology of
human development
An intermediate level of influences such as local
neighborhood or community, social institutions
and culture and their interactions
Mesosystem
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human
development. Cambridge, MA Harvard University
Press.
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The Context of Human Development
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The Context of Human Development
Bronfenbrenner (1979) provides a theory of the
layers of context, environment, or ecology of
human development
The most removed influences such as international
region or global changes and their interactions.
Macrosystem
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human
development. Cambridge, MA Harvard University
Press.
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The Context of Human Development
While we sometimes tend to focus on family or
school influences on human development, we should
always remember that there are other important
influences (e.g., Huitt, 1999).
An African, as well as Native American, tradition
states that it takes a whole community to raise a
child.
Huitt, W. (1999). Implementing effective school
achievement reform Four principles. Paper
presented at the School Counseling Summit,
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, April 20.