microsystem
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkroʊˌsɪstəm/
- Specialized
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microsistema
- Various systems encircle the child: the microsystem contains the home and child care settings; the exosystem contains factors such as social groups, media, schools, and churches; and the macrosystem contains many factors, including societal attitudes, values, and ethics.
- family microsystem
- peers and microsystems
Examples
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The most basic structures are microsystems: the lived environments of home, school, and neighborhood.
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In education, the classroom is a key microsystem where students interact and develop social skills.
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These can include previous exposure to violence in the community, violence in the family, experiences with earlier losses or deaths, and the presence of substance abuse in the microsystem.
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The greater the number of links among the worlds of home, school, and the other microsystems, the more powerful they are in influencing individual development.
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They built a strong self, taught their sons how to act, and directly controlled the microsystems of their sons' lives.
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Microsystem-level interventions included family consultations, social skills training, and connecting students with community resources.
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Comparing the social characteristics of salient youth microsystems, such as academics and athletics, may enhance understanding of how these settings influence youth development.
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The mothers also acted to push their sons away from negative microsystems (gangs, drugs), while actively constructing positive systems in their place.
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The alternative certification teacher candidate is placed in the center of the model as the candidate's most direct interactions are with the microsystem—the classroom setting in which the ACP candidate operates.
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Working from Bronfenbrenner's (1979) model, the authors described how students' psychological health can be conceptualized as originating from sources that include individual, microsystem (individual, family, peers, community), and macrosystem (sociocultural) factors.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
The social mood in a small group that affects how people feel and act
The customers, suppliers, and competitors that directly affect a business
How Immediate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word microsystem combines micro- meaning 'very small' and system meaning 'a group that works together'. So it names the small social world around a person, like family, school, or close friends, that directly shapes daily life.