[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Is there any concept in Psychogy similar to this biological adage > phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny? The biological "adage" is the other way around: ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. The psychological version would be, well, "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," and it was borrowed by G. Stanley Hall directly from its embryologist inventor Ernst Haeckel. Recapitulationism was the very basis of Hall's theory of mental development.
Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
