Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Mesosystems and exosystems - this weeks interesting words

Try and drop these into a conversation They come from Bronfenbrenner research in 1979 to describe social environments that influence us in different ways. Mesosystems are a collection of different social systems that directly influence us, eg home and work. Exosystems are social environments that influence but not directly eg teachers staff room culture influences school children.

I like these terms in the way they help us see the wider social environment.

Moos person-environment congruence.

Try and drop these into a conversation They come from Bronfenbrenner research in 1979 to describe social environments that influence us in different ways. Mesosystems are a collection of different social systems that directly influence us, eg home and work. Exosystems are social environments that influence but not directly eg teachers staff room culture influences school children.

I like these terms in the way they help us see the wider social environment.

Moos person-environment congruence.

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