Glossary M
Glossary M
Deutsch: Mesosystem / Español: mesosistema / Português: mesosistema / Français: mésosystème / Italiano: mesosistema
Mesosystem refers to the inter-locking settings that influence the child, such as the interaction of the school and the larger community when children are taken on field trips (from the Greek mesos, meaning "middle"). The interrelations among two (2) or more settings in which the developing person actively participates (e.g., for a child, the relations between home, school, and neighborhood peer groups; for an adult, between family, work, and social life).
In psychology, the mesosystem is a concept from Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, which describes how different environments influence a child's development. The mesosystem represents the interactions between the various components of a child’s immediate environment (microsystem), such as relationships between family, school, and peers. These interactions affect development positively or negatively depending on the quality of the connections.
Message is defined as the information or meaning that is transmitted from one person to another.
Message learning approach refers to an approach to studying persuasion developed by the Yale Communication and Attitude Program that emphasizes that attitudes are verbal habits and are changed through incentives.