Ontogeny/Ontogenesis
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The definitions refer more to a biological process from the natural sciences, not the social sciences. The importance to social sciences is the development process of the INDIVIDUAL.
Definition One
the development or developmental history of an individual organism. American Psychological Association (APA): ontogenetic. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved February 07, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ontogenetic
Definition Two
The origin and development of an individual organism from embryo to adult. American Psychological Association (APA): ontogenetic. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved February 07, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ontogenetic

