Nurture is nature: Integrating brain development

• Read the article, General systems theory: Its past and potential. Pay particular attention to how von Bertalanffy’s general system theory originated and evolved and how the author of the article characterizes the terms, “systems,” “structures,” and “relations.”
• Review pp. 514-515 of Bronfenbrenner (1977) to understand the definitions of each system within the ecological systems model.
• Review Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, located in this week’s learning resources. Focus on the meaning and interrelationships among the microsystem, exosystem, and macrosystem from a child’s perspective. Consider how these systems would be generalized to apply to an adult.
• Using Bronfenbrenner’s model, identify two out of three systems (microsystem, exosystem, macrosystem) and their settings (school, work, family gatherings, neighborhood, country, etc.). Think about how demands and expectations in one setting might impact your ability to meet demands and expectations in another setting.

Post a response to the following:

Identify the two systems you chose and describe settings within each system that influence your life and behavior/activity. Then explain how demands and expectations in one setting could impact the ability to meet demands and expectations in another setting. Be specific.

References

 

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Borrell-Carrie, F., Suchman, A. L., & Epstein, R. M. (2004). The biopsychosocial model 25 years later: Principles, practice, and scientific inquiry. Annals of Family Medicine, 2(6), 576–582.

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1977). Toward an experimental ecology of human development. American Psychologist, 32(7), 513–531. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.32.7.513

Read pages 514-515.

Caws, P. (2015). General systems theory: Its past and potential. Systems Research & Behavioral Science, 32(5), 514–521. doi:10.1002/sres.2353

Davies, C., Knuiman, M., & Rosenberg, M. (2016). The art of being mentally healthy: A study to quantify the relationship between recreational arts engagement and mental well-being in the general population. BMC Public Health, 16(15), 1–10. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2672-7

Wijenberg, M. L. M., Stapert, S. Z., Kohler, S., & Bol, Y. (2016). Explaining fatigue in multiple sclerosis: Cross-validation of a biopsychosocial model. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 815–822.

Williams, J. M., McCrae, C. S., Rodrigue, J. R., & Patton, P. R. (2016). A novel application of a ​biopsychosocial theory in the understanding of disturbed sleep before and after kidney transplantation. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 12(2), 247–256.

Document: Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model (PDF)

Document: Psychology Theories Template (Excel Spreadsheet)

 

Optional Resources

Meyer, D., Wood, S., & Stanley, B. (2013). Nurture is nature: Integrating brain development, systems theory, and attachment theory. The Family Journal, 21(2), 162–169. doi:10.1177/1066480712466808
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.