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My Avatar Adam

My Avatar Adam. Adam is a 16 year old male. Socio Economic Status – Adam comes from a wealthy, middle to upper class family. His father owns his own business and it is quite successful.

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My Avatar Adam

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  1. My Avatar Adam Adam is a 16 year old male. Socio Economic Status – Adam comes from a wealthy, middle to upper class family. His father owns his own business and it is quite successful. Family pattern – Adam has both his parents who are still married. He has a sister, younger than him by 2 years named Audrey. He has both sets of grandparents who live nearby and are active senior citizens. He goes to a selective public high school and is currently in year 10. He plans on continuing to year 12 and further tertiary study. His religion is Catholicism and his ethnicity is Anglo Saxon. He was born in Australia.

  2. The following data is to compare Adam to the general population; there are many similarities.

  3. The following slides are examples of Brofenbrenner’s Ecological Map, personalized and applied to Adam and his systems of development. All these systems interact and have an impact on the individual.

  4. MACROSYSTEM Media Influences Religion - Catholicism Global Financial Crisis Australian Laws and Government Society’s Expectations of Adam Ethnicity – Anglo Saxon Australian Australian Culture and Values The macrosystem is described as the outermost layer. This system contains the main structures and values that make a particular culture the way it is.This layer is made up of laws and values that influence the interactions of all the other layers in the ecological map.

  5. The child does not function directly in this layer. The structures and components of this layer impact on the child’s development by interacting with some of the structures contained in the microsystem. However decisions made at this level greatly affect the individual. EXOSYSTEM Father’s Place of Employment and Work Mother’s Housework and Keeping the Family’s Function and Structure Out of School Activities School Community Social Clubs

  6. This layer provides the connection between the structures of the child’s microsystem. It is often referred to as the linkages between the microsystem and the other systems. MESOSYSTEM Teachers Extended Family Friends’ Families School Peers Family Friends

  7. Described by Brofenbrenner (1977) as “an immediate setting containing that person”. This is where interactions occur between the developing person and their environment.This layer includes relationships that impact on the child i.e. family MICROSYSTEM Friends Audrey Adam Mum and Dad

  8. MACROSYSTEM Australian Culture and Values Australian Laws and Government Society’s Expectations of Adam Society’s Expectations of Adam Media Influences EXOSYSTEM Father’s Place of Employment Mother’s Housework and Keeping up Family Structure Religion - Catholicism Social Clubs After School Activities Community MESOSYSTEM School School Peers Teachers Grandparents MICROSYSTEM Friends Audrey Friends Adam Mum and Dad

  9. References Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2003). Household use of information and technology, Australia. (Cat. 8146.0). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2006). Forms of employment Australia: Business owners on contract. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2008). Survey of Income and Housing. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Dale, D. (1998, April 21). Nuclear family starts to meltdown. The Sydney Morning Herald. Davidson, J. (2004, 14 February). Teens and technology: Where they get lost on line. Australian Financial Review, p.21. Donnelly, K., Grove, S., Leaver, M., Lieberman, F., Lovat, T., Webster, P. (2008). Society and Culture: Preliminary and HSC. Thomson Social Science Press.

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