The inapplicability of the biogenetic rule to behavioral development
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The biogenetic rule that asserts that ontogeny tends to reflect phylogeny is applicable to the study of anatomical development but is of doubtful relevance to the study of behavioral development. A key argument that supports this view that the biogenetic rule cannot be applied to behavioral ontogeny is the fact that there is no empirical evidence of the existence of 'behavioral interphenes' that are phylogenetically related to primordial 'behavioral metaphenes.' The few behavior patterns observed in ontogeny are believed to be merely adaptive functions or neutral by-products of maturation.
Publication Name: Human Development
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0018-716X
Year: 1992
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Brian Mishara's mathematical model on suicide is not a mere theoretical exercise on a life-and-death decision but a helpful scientific treatment of the subject. Its use of dynamic systems methodology and principles, instead of verbal delineation, is the clue to the simplicity and conciseness of his findings. Of course, such a numerical abstraction has its disadvantages but it does better than others in getting into the core of the matter.
Publication Name: Human Development
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0018-716X
Year: 1996
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