Tina is given a huge salary increase and is now able to get things for her children that they have always needed and move into a nicer home. Bronfenbrenner would state that this increase in the mother's salary is an example of the impact of the children's
A) exosystem
B) mesosystem
C) macrosystem
D) microsystem

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The exosystem in Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory refers to the external environments and settings that indirectly influence a child's development, such as a parent's workplace. In this case, the mother's salary increase, which is a change in her work environment, indirectly impacts her children's lives by improving their living conditions and access to necessities, thus exemplifying the exosystem's influence.

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