Topic 2 Bronfenbrenner’s hierarchy
Hierarchy on how the relations between the child and the world happen
Microsystem (nuclear relationships)
It concerns the closest people and institutions
“The infant at first becomes conscious only of events in his immediate surroundings […]. Within this proximal domain, the focus of attention and of developing activity tends initially to be limited even more narrowly to events, persons, and objects that directly impinge on the infant” (Bronfenbrenner, 1979, p. 9-10).
Exosystem (community)
Places and people outside the household but with direct contact with the infant
Friends of the family, neighbours, extended family, media, among others