Jeremy's parents die in an accident in 1999 when he was 12. During his stay at his first foster home, Jeremy is caught shoplifting twice in the next six months and let go with a warning. Two years later he was placed in a youth detention center for assault and robbery on a grocery store. In the context of the ecological perspective, Jeremy's current situation was most likely due to the influence of his _____.
A) mesosystem
B) exosystem
C) chronosystem
D) macrosystem

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The chronosystem includes the dimension of time as it relates to a child's environments. Events like the death of Jeremy's parents and his subsequent actions over time are influenced by this system, highlighting how changes and transitions over time affect his development and behavior.

Jeremy's Parents Die in an Accident in 1999 When He