Instructions: Using the worksheet below, define what thoughts, beliefs,
values, habits, and other behavior (both positive and negative) have been passed on to you by filling in the spaces in the table. You may also use a separate sheet.
Group / Beliefs / Values / Your BVB
Institution / Behavior (BVB) Event Microsystem 1. Family 1. Respect and being 1. Sweet, caring, and kind to other people. easily gets attached to people. 2. Friends 2. Being open to 2. I became open experiences and to with my personal other people struggles and most of time, I help my friends out with their struggles also. 3. School 3. Being able to fulfill 3. Socially aware and my responsibility as a knowledgeable to student theories, concepts, and lessons about the society in general. Mesosystem 1. Online media 1. Encourages the 1. Being aware of publication youth to be more other people’s time involved in and being socially sociopolitical issues. aware. 2. Church 2. Constant 2. I am a spiritual communication and person and not a having relationship religious one. with God can help you with everything. 3. Home 3. Be reliable 3. I have this thinking that I should be more careful in sharing my thoughts and feelings inside the house to avoid stigma and judgements. Exosystem 1. My dad’s work 1. My dad and I aren’t 1. It’s fine that we’re close because of his not close because we night work and would would often times have to go on a trip have a every now and then. misunderstanding. 2. My sister’s 2. My sister and I are 2. I find it so easy work very close and her job bonding with my is actually pretty sister because we stable. have the same tastes in food, movies, and activities and there are times that we would go to the mall just the two of us. 3. My brother’s 3. My brother’s job is 3. My brother and I work also stable to support are also not close his own needs. because we would always argue in everything. And because of his job and his girlfriend, he had to move out and I am now using his room as my own. Macrosystem 1. “Cancel 1. Cancel culture was 1. Today, “Cancel culture” known as the act of Culture” is being cancelling a person cancelled because of that does not meet the its lack of empathy in standard set by educating a certain society. person. 2. Religious 2. Religious culture is 2. Today, I value Culture known for their people more if there morals, ethics, belief, spiritual than and principles. religious. Religion culture affects the society by their thinking like their unacceptance to the LGBTQ community and for tolerating the injustices in the society. 3. The Law 3. The law instills to us 3. The Law, however, the attribute and does not mean that character of being just. they are just. Some laws are inhumane and should be modified to build a just and humane society. Chronosystem 1. When I left my 1. As a below average 1. When I left Junior Junior High student when I was in High School, I told School junior high school, I myself that I will be was often labelled as victorious and “mahina” graduate my Senior academically. High School with honors. 2. When I 2. I easily adjusted to 2. I graduated Senior graduated Senior the new environment I High School with High School my new school and I honors, as a writer in had all my motivation our student to study hard and publication, and a enjoy my grade 11 and member of the 12. school’s theater. Indeed, I fulfilled my promise to myself to enjoy and graduate my senior year as an active student. 3. When I was 3. It was the month of 3. My mental illness diagnosed with December when my did not stop me in depression and psychiatrist declared becoming a better anxiety that I was struggling person. I could see with depression and myself getting better anxiety. each day. Some days are depressing, some are not, some are gloomy, and some are sunny. Whatever it is, my mental illness does not sum up my whole existence.