Chapter 2

Environmental influences:
   Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory
      Microsystem: activities and interactions in immediate surroundings
         Direct influences in family, child care center/school, SES-related influences

      Mesosystem: connections between microsystems
         Indirect influences in family

      Exosystem: social settings
         Neighborhood, extended family, health and educational services

      Macrosystem: values, laws, customs, culture