M2L3 Sociocultural Theories.pdf

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 2-Lesson 3 EVA EVANGELIO- PACAYRA, PhD.,RPsy Lev Vygotzky and Urie Bronfenbrenner Emphasized the influence of culture, peers, and adults on the developing child and the continuously growing person. Vygotsky Changes in a person can happen only in what...

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 2-Lesson 3 EVA EVANGELIO- PACAYRA, PhD.,RPsy Lev Vygotzky and Urie Bronfenbrenner Emphasized the influence of culture, peers, and adults on the developing child and the continuously growing person. Vygotsky Changes in a person can happen only in what he called Zone of Proximal Development where the person is actively engaged in social and cultural interaction. Without this interaction, development does not take place. Bronfenbrenner The social environment exerts both direct and indirect effects on child development (and I think even on adult development). His view is macroscopic that is why it is also called Ecological Theory. He identified five systems of influence on development, ranging from fine- grained inputs of direct interactions with social agents to broad-based inputs of culture. How well these systems interact can greatly affect the kind of changes that can happen in the child and in the person.  Suffering is a part of life. Imagine how this CoVid-19 Pandemic has made the poor poorer and the poorer poorest. What is poverty and how does it impact brain development? Bronfenbrenner points out that social issues such as government policies in mitigating poverty needs to be supported if we care about human growth and development. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING