bioecological
- adjective
- /ˌbaɪoʊˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
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bioecológico
- The bioecological approach helps us understand how children's behavior interacts with their surroundings.
Examples
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According to the bioecological model of human development (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006), development is influenced by complex interactions among person characteristics (individual characteristics), proximal processes (interactions with one's environment), contexts, and time.
Academic text (2014) -
Such interactions between children's demand characteristics and their experiences of proximal processes are a critical component of the bioecological theory (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006).
Academic text (2014) -
Within the bioecological framework, we focus on children's demand characteristics, which are features that "invite or discourage reactions from the social environment that can disrupt or foster processes of psychological growth" (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006, p. 796).
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Research shows that a bioecological perspective considers both personal traits and environmental factors in development.
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Understanding the bioecological model is essential for analyzing how living organisms adapt to changes in their environment.
Synonyms
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About how plants and animals live with their environment
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About the physical surroundings and how living things interact with them
About how living things and their environment affect each other
Connected with the study of how living things interact with their environment
About how plants and animals live in and use their environment
About how a plant or animal's body works when it lives in a place
Surface Forms
Morphology
bioecological = ecological (transparent) = bio + ecology + ical
The word is formed by adding the productive prefix bio- to the transparent adjective ecological.
Etymology
The word bioecological combines bio- ('life'), as in biology, and eco- ('home' or 'environment'), as in ecology or ecosystem. So, bioecological describes how living things and their surroundings affect each other.