Examples: A baby babbling and a mother responding; a student struggling with math and a tutor patiently explaining; two teenagers negotiating rules for a game.
Moreover, historical events shape entire cohorts. Children who grew up during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced disruptions to school, peer, and extended family microsystems—a macrosystemic shock that altered proximal processes for millions. A bioecological perspective insists that we cannot understand what makes humans human without locating development in specific historical and personal time. Examples: A baby babbling and a mother responding;
: A central theme is that human beings are unique because they have the potential to shape the environments that, in turn, shape their own genetic potential. shape their own genetic potential.