Ecological Theory emphasizes:

• A. The organism's tendency toward adaptation and coping across micro, mezzo, and macro levels
• B. Economic structures as the primary influence
• C. Genetic determinism
• D. Individual pathology as the sole driver

Answer: (A)

Ecological theory treats behavior as arising from ongoing transactions between a person and their environments at multiple levels. It emphasizes how individuals adapt and cope across micro contexts (family, peers), mezzo contexts (schools, workplaces, communities), and macro contexts (policies, cultural norms, economic conditions). The strength of this view is its focus on reciprocal influence—people shape their environments even as those environments shape them—and on how changes at one level affect others. That’s why the emphasis on adapting and coping across micro, mezzo, and macro levels best fits this approach. The other options miss the key idea of multiple interconnected systems and instead point to single-factor explanations like economics, biology, or pathology.