Directions: choose 2 out of the following 4 essays. They are each worth 10 points. DO NOT EXCEED ONE SIDE OF ONE PAGE IN RESPONDING TO THIS ESSAY.

The examples requested in these essays are of central importance and far more important than your explanation of concepts or the definitions you provide. Just write your answer below.

1. Covid -19 has reared its ugly head and impacted us in so many ways. Using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological stage theory, how has covid-19 impacted your microsystem, exosystem, mesosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem? Take a sentence to explain each type of system in your own words and then cite an example of how this pandemic has impacted your environment in the way described by Bronfenbrenner.

2. In Piaget’s theory, what do the words schema, accommodation and assimilation mean in your own words? Describe examples of assimilation and accommodation that an infant might display. Bring the concepts to life with your examples. Which concept is more important in infancy…assimilation or accommodation? Make your case.