Erie Bronfrenbrenner

emphasizes on environment in role of development

Systems

• the individual
• micro primary system
• meso (interaction bw elements of micro) because all of these elements do not exist in a vacuum; they intersect and interact.
• exo link bw social setting in which indvl has no active role to play
• macro (attitudes, culture, society, mores, etc)
• chrono (time) own lifespan + socio-historical

( read also: primary relationship vs secondary relationship? sociology)