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Ecological Factors in Human Development
Author(s) -
Cross William E.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12784
Subject(s) - psychology , friendship , context (archaeology) , construct (python library) , ecological systems theory , developmental stage theories , extant taxon , developmental psychology , generalization , developmental science , identity (music) , peer group , ecology , cognitive science , social psychology , epistemology , evolutionary biology , geography , computer science , acoustics , biology , programming language , philosophy , physics , archaeology
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1992) helped developmental psychologists comprehend and define “context” as a rich, thick multidimensional construct. His ecological systems theory consists of five layers, and within each layer are developmental processes unique to each layer. The four articles in this section limit the exploration of context to the three innermost systems: the individual plus micro‐ and macrolayers. Rather than examine both the physical features and processes, the articles tend to focus solely on processes associated with a niche. Processes explored include social identity development, social network dynamics, peer influences, and school‐based friendship patterns. The works tend to extend the generalization of extant theory to the developmental experience of various minority group experiences.