ORTHOGENETIC PRINCIPLE

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N., Pam M.S.
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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. THEORY THEORY
  2. ORGANIZATIONAL HYPOTHESIS
  3. PERSEVERATION-CONSOLIDATION HYPOTHESIS
  4. SEX DIFFERENTIATION
  5. PAPEZ'S THEORY OF EMOTION
  6. MEDIUM
  7. ONTOGENETIC PSYCHOLOGY
  8. THEORETICAL INTEGRATION
  9. PARATAXIS
  10. SUCCESSIVE INDUCTION
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "ORTHOGENETIC PRINCIPLE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/orthogenetic-principle/ (accessed February 25, 2021).
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