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The Bronfenbrenner’s macrosystem impacts to views and practices about death. Bronfenbrenner’s macrosystem is the “larger cultural or societal context”: which are divided into “microsystem, mesosystem, and exosystem” (Sigelman, 2017, page 51). As Bronfenbrenner stated macrosystem includes “society’s cultural values, law, political, and economic systems, and institutions. (Sigelman, 2017, page 51). This affects the view and practice about death based off how one is raised, and the society one was raised in. Many cultures believe death is a celebration; while other cultures see it being the end of life, while grieving those who were lost to death. In the Native Culture, they believe in a Spirit world “Wakan Tanka”. Native Americans move from this world to the next and they believe this is not something to be mourned, but to be celebrated. During a funeral of a Native American, before the casket is opened, we are to walk the body around the gym three times and then place them at the front of the gym. They then begin with the funeral services, open
the casket, allow everyone to say their goodbyes, then we walk the body around the gym three more times. This is because they are allowing the spirit of the lost one to be free. Native Americans, also believe that if pregnant you are to wear a shawl over your stomach, because if your stomach is exposed then the spirit of the lost can attach to your unborn child and take the baby with them. Whereas the Chinese culture views death as a ritual of their benevolent spirits of ancestors. They believe that those who have passed become their ancestors who affect the lives of the living. (Chua, 2017). They also believe in “live on” which is what they believe that ancestors are reborn into the next life. (Chua, 2017). The Native American Culture and the Chinese Culture, have similar views. But they are not alike in the way the celebrate or think of death. Native Americans believe the spirts go to a different world. Chinese cultures believe that the dead is reborn within their communities, and are the ancestors. I believe the Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model applies to Ethics and Emotional intelligence. Within the macrosystem, individuals who are exposed to different experiences such as school and work values, will provide individuals with life. This allows individuals to have rules which apply to ethics. Self-awareness, self-regulations, social awareness, all apply to Emotional intelligence. While the process of macrosystem begins at home, which will allow individuals to learn how to navigate through the macrosystem, which will allow individuals to be exposed to their environments and have different interactions and experiences.
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Sigelman, C.K. & Rider, E.A. (2017).
Life-span human development
(9th ed.). Cengage Learning US.
https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/books/9781337516068
Stiles, C. (2021, November 22). Culture and death: Native american heritage
. Alive Hospice. https://www.alivehospice.org/news-events/culture-and-death-native-american-heritage/
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. Chua, I. (2019, August 17). How asian cultures approach death
. Kontinentalist. https://kontinentalist.com/stories/how-asian-cultures-approach-death
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