The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, founded on its eastern banks. The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the sea at Ostia.
Urie Bronfenbrenner, an American psychologist, developed the Ecological Systems Theory in order to further discuss and explain child development. Bronfenbrennerâs theory explains that there are certain cultural and social factors within a childâs immediate environment that influences the childâs development and experience.
This is the most influential level of the ecological systems theory. Let's look at the microsystem Alex lives in. The first part of his microsystem is his home environment. This includes his interactions with his parents and little sister.