On the incomplete architecture of human ontogeny: selection, optimization, and compensation as foundation of developmental theory.
Drawing on both evolutionary and ontogenetic perspectives, the basic biological-genetic and social-cultural architecture of human development is outlined. Three principles are involved. First, evolutionary selection pressure predicts a negative age correlation, and, therefore, genome-based plastic...
| Publicado en: | American Psychologist Vol. 52; pp. 366 - 381 |
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American Psychological Association
April 1997
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