Changing organism-context relations as the basic process of development: A developmental contextual perspective.

Richard M. Lerner·1991·Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Genes do not by themselves produce structural or functional characteristics. Variables within the organism (e.g., cells, tissues) and extraorganism contextual variables reciprocally interact with genes, making changing organism-context relations the basic process of development. This conception of basic process raises 2 sets of conceptual and methodological alterations for developmental psychology, especially for research pertinent to humans

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