| Back | Individual: age, sex, healthMicrosystem: immediate, direct impact (primary group: family, peers)Mesosystem: connections between microsystems (relationships between primary and secondary group)Exosystem: contexts affecting microsystems (secondary groups: neighbors, friends/family/mass media)Macrosystem: broad culture, social, economic situations Chronosystem: longitudinal patterns (changing in different levels over time)Impact on language: Proximal processes: Mechanisms (mediators) on how distal processes affect individuals (ex. How broader economy affect 5 year old: economy → employer → parent job → familial stress/money (proximal processes) → kid)Think “how” is it that these distal factors are impacting the main system |