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bioecological

bioecological

8.1
Relating to how living things and their surroundings affect each other
  • adjective
  • /ˌbaɪoʊˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bioecológico
  • The bioecological approach helps us understand how children's behavior interacts with their surroundings.

Examples

  • 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).

    Academic text (2014)
  • Research shows that a bioecological perspective considers both personal traits and environmental factors in development.

  • Understanding the bioecological model is essential for analyzing how living organisms adapt to changes in their environment.

Synonyms

ecological
vsbioecological
  • Specialized
68 4.2

About how plants and animals live with their environment

is focused especially on interactions involving biological factors
biophysical
vsbioecological
  • Specialized
1 6.6

About the physical surroundings and how living things interact with them

focuses on biological interactions broadly, not only physical aspects
ecologic
vsbioecological
  • Specialized
5.9

About how living things and their environment affect each other

is focused especially on interactions involving biological factors
bionomical
vsbioecological
  • Specialized
9.9

Connected with the study of how living things interact with their environment

stresses interaction between biological factors and the environment
bionomic
vsbioecological
  • Specialized
9.9

About how plants and animals live in and use their environment

focuses more on direct biological interactions with the environment
ecophysiological
vsbioecological
  • Specialized
9.9

About how a plant or animal's body works when it lives in a place

is broader, covering interactions beyond physiological processes

Surface Forms

bioecological positive

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.