LAVC Economics BioEcological System Babies Observation & Documentary Tasks

Bronfenbrenner’s  BioEcological System has everything to do with how we are socialized.  Discuss your own socialization process using each of the systems. Please  note that I have used the word discuss. This means think  critically….deeper than saying I interact with my family for  microsystem.  Please sit with the question for a little while then  answer. I am looking for a well developed, well thought ot answer.

Describe 2 aspects of your temperament (from Thomas and Chess**)

3 people in the microsystem 

1. Names
2. Types relationships you have with each person

How did each relationship socialize you

1. 3 relationships in the mesosytem 
2. Names
3. Types of relationships (i.e. good, contentious, argumentative, etc)
4. How does each relationship affect you

1 relationship in the exosystem 

1. How does this relationship affect you
2. 2 element of the macrosystem 
3. How do you internalize and demonstrate these macrosystems
4. A current aspect about the chronosystem. 

How did this element affect you personally

1. **Temperament information 
2. In this study, and in works that followed, Thomas and Chess defined the following nine characteristics of temperament:

Sensory Threshold: the level of stimulation needed to evoke a response in the child.

1. Activity Level: general motor activity level during wakefulness and sleep.
2. Intensity: how expressive a child is, whether acting out of happiness, anger, sadness, or other emotions.

Rhythmicity: how predictable bodily functions are (appetite, elimination, sleeping cycles, etc.).

1. Adaptability: how easily a child adjusts to change/transition.

Mood: describes the child’s basic disposition (happy, serious, etc).

Approach/Withdrawal: how a child reacts to new places or situations.

Persistence: how well the child handles obstacles.

Distractibility: how easily a child can be distracted or can concentrate.

• Task 2 
• Please watch the movie Babies (Links to an external site.), available online at the Pierce Library (Links to an external site.) (you need to sign in to view it)
• Answer the following questions (no essays, use the numbers provided)
• Describe 2 gross motor skills you see Mari exhibit (setting and skill) 

Describe 2 gross motor skills you see Ponijoa exhibit (setting and skill) 

• Describe 2 gross motor skills you see Bayar exhibit (setting and skill) 
• Describe 2 fine motor skills you see Hattie exhibit (setting and skill) 
• Describe 2 fine motor skills you see Ponijoa exhibit (setting and skill) 
• Describe 2 fine motor skills you see Mari exhibit (setting and skill) 
• Describe Bayar crawling (setting and skill) (

Describe Hattie’s first steps (setting and skill) 

Describe Ponijoa standing and dancing (setting and skill) 

Task 3

          Please Vote 4 Me Observation         

1. Please watch the above documentary  about 3 children in China who have a new experience, then answer the  following questions. Please note the minutes when the example occurs in  the movie. Note that each is worth 5 points so please give a detailed  and complete example
2. For each answer just give 2 complete examples..NOT 2 examples for each child.
3. 1. Give 2 complete examples of Vygotsky’s theory being demonstrated- 
4. 2. Give 2 complete examples of Piaget’s theory being demonstrated- 
5. 3. Give 2 complete examples of  Sternberg’s theory being demonstrated. Please determine which subtheory  and if it is Practical, explain which aspect of practical is being used –  
6. 4. Give 2 complete examples of Gardner’s intelligences being demonstrated- 
7. 5. What stage (not age) of Erikson’s Psychosocial theory are the children in? Give 2 examples of the children demonstrating the stage. -10 points
8. 6. What are the names of the children in the documentary (spelling counts!)?