PSY 104 Week 4 DQ

Prior to completing this discussion, please read chapter 15 in the textbook, read the Shetgiri et. al (2012) article,

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review the information from chapter 1 about Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological theory, and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. Your post must be a minimum of 600 words and you must cite all your sources.

Utilize Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory to address the topic of motivations for and influences on bullying. 

• Using each of the five systems in Bronfenbrenner’s theory, identify and describe how a child’s environment might pre-dispose him or her to bully. 
• For example, within a person’s microsystem are the parents.  How might parents be an influencing factor on whether or not a child is prone to bullying?
• Find and report (with proper citation) one current statistic on the factors influencing school bullying behaviors. 
• Does this statistic seem to follow the same trend supported by Bronfenbrenner’s theory?  If not, explain how it challenges the theory. 
• Then, reflect on friendships in childhood and adolescence and address the positive and negative influences that they can have on bullying behaviors. 
• Finally, utilize problem-solving techniques in exploring developmental issues, grounded in child development, in order to provide one unique solution to reduce or completely end bullying.   
•      Which of the five systems in Bronfenbrenner’s theory do you feel has the biggest impact on development and why?

Book: Mossler, R. (2014). Child and Adolescent Development. (2nd ed) [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

If you have any questions in regards to this discussion, please feel free to ask. Thank You for all that you do.