ORTHOGENETIC PRINCIPLE

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the hypothesis postulating that growth of all facets of operating moves along from absence of differentiation to escalating differentiation, annunciation, and hierarchic integration.

ORTHOGENETIC PRINCIPLE: "Heinz Werner was the individual proponent of the orthogenetic principle."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PHYSIOGNOMIC PERCEPTION
  2. ADOLESCENCE (Theories)
  3. JUNG, CARL GUSTAV (1875-1961)
  4. ORGANISMIC THEORY
  5. FORMAL PARALLELISM
  6. PERSEVERATION-CONSOLIDATION HYPOTHESIS
  7. THEORY THEORY
  8. LASHLEY, KARL SPENCER (1890- 1958)
  9. CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY
  10. APRAXIA (literally, “inability to act or do”)
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "ORTHOGENETIC PRINCIPLE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/orthogenetic-principle/ (accessed July 2, 2022).

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