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.


[edit] 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


[edit] 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

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