Examples of Ecological Systems Theory in the following topics:
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- One of the most widely applied theories of childhood is Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
- In 1979, psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner published The Ecology of Human Development, setting forth his theory known as ecological systems theory.
- Also called development in context theory or human ecology theory, the ecology systems theory specifies five different types of nested environmental systems: the microsystem, the mesosystem, the exosystem, the macrosystem, and the chronosystem.
- Each of these systems exerts influence on an individual, particularly children as they are robustly socialized.
- Contrast the various theories of childhood development, such as Freud's psychosexual theory, Piaget's stages of development and ecological systems theory
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- Subcultural theories popularized the idea that segments of society, such as gangs and homeless populations, had internal systems of value and order.
- Urban ecology refers to an idea that emerged out of the Chicago School that likens urban organization to biological organisms.
- Urban ecology has remained an influential theory in both urban sociology and urban anthropology over time.
- The theory is essentially an extended metaphor that helps to explain how conflicting subgroups exist in shared urban spaces and systems.
- Relating this to functionalist theory, one can look at immigration and emigration trends.
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- Sociocultural evolution is an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and social evolution, describing how cultures and societies have changed over time.
- Gerhard Lenski is an American sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and ecological-evolutionary social theory.
- Advances in the technology of communication translate into advances in a society's economic system and political system, distribution of goods, social inequality and other spheres of social life.
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- Evolving out of the mid-20th century "Chicago School" of urban sociology, Park created the term human ecology, which borrowed the concepts of symbiosis, invasion, succession, and dominance from the science of natural ecology.
- Competition was created by groups fighting for urban resources, like land, which led to a division of urban space into ecological niches.
- Within these niches people shared similar social characteristics because they were subject to the same ecological pressure.
- This theory served as a foundation for his influential theory of racial assimilation known as the "race relation cycle".
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- Overpopulation indicates a scenario in which the population of a living species exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche.
- Resources to be taken into account when estimating if an ecological niche is overpopulated include clean water, food, shelter, warmth, etc.
- Proponents of this theory, Neo-Malthusians state that these famines were examples of Malthusian catastrophes.
- Other measures include effective family planning programs, local renewable energy systems, sustainable agriculture methods and supplies, reforestation, and measures to protect the local environment.
- David Pimentel, a Cornell University professor of ecology and agricultural sciences, sees several possible scenarios for the 22nd century:
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- This dispersion of cities illustrates central place theory.
- It draws on human ecology theories, which compared the city to an ecosystem, with processes of adaptation and assimilation.
- Urban residents naturally sort themselves into appropriate rings, or ecological niches, depending on class and cultural assimilation.
- Urban open spaces provide citizens with recreational, ecological, aesthetic value.
- Analyze, using human ecology theory, the similarities and differences between the various urban structure models, such as grid model, sectoral model and concentric ring model, among others
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- There are many theories of social change.
- Political Process Theory, sometimes also known as the Political Opportunity Theory,is an approach to social movements heavily influenced by political sociology.
- In this case, the idea is that certain members of society feel like they are being mistreated or that somehow the system they are a part of is unjust .
- Finally, "political opportunity" refers to the receptivity or vulnerability of the existing political system to challenge.
- Critics of the political process theory and resource-mobilization theory point out that neither theory discusses the culture of movements to any great degree.
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- World Systems Theory posits that there is a world economic system in which some countries benefit while others are exploited.
- World Systems Theory, like dependency theory, suggests that wealthy countries benefit from other countries and exploit those countries' citizens.
- In contrast to dependency theory, however, this model recognizes the minimal benefits that are enjoyed by low status countries in the world system.
- The theory originated with sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein, who suggests that the way a country is integrated into the capitalist world system determines how economic development takes place in that country.
- Produce a map of the world that shows some countries as core, peripheral, and semi-peripheral according to Wallerstein's theory
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- According to state-centered theories of inequality, the government should regulate the distribution of resources to protect workers.
- In contrast to market-oriented theories of inequality, state-centered theories do not assert that the capitalist free-market will naturally regulate prices and wages.
- Socialism is an economic and political system in which the state owns the majority industry, but resources are allocated based on a combination of natural rights and individual achievements.
- Socialism includes a combination of public and private property, while under communist systems all property is publicly held and administered by the state.
- A socialist economic system would consist of an organisation of production to directly satisfy economic demands and human needs.
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- Conflict theories are perspectives in social science that emphasize the social, political, or material inequality of a social group, that critique the broad socio-political system, or that otherwise detract from structural functionalism and ideological conservatism.
- At the same time, Karl Marx was aware that most of the people living in capitalist societies did not see how the system shaped the entire operation of society.
- In general, Marx wanted the working class to rise up against the capitalists and overthrow the capitalist system .
- Conflict theory is most commonly associated with Marxism, but as a reaction to functionalism and the positivist method, it may also be associated with a number of other perspectives, including critical theory, feminist theory, postmodern theory, post-structural theory, postcolonial theory, queer theory, world systems theory, and race-conflict theory.
- Karl Marx wanted to replace false consciousness with class consciousness, in which the working class would rise up against the capitalist system.