Whenever development occurs, it proceeds from a state of globality and lack of differentiation, to a state of differentiation, articulation, and hierarchical integration.

What is this called?

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Whenever development occurs, it proceeds from a state of globality and lack of differentiation, to a state of differentiation, articulation, and hierarchical integration.

What is this called?

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The orthogenetic principle states that development proceeds from a global, undifferentiated state toward increasing differentiation, articulation, and hierarchical integration.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Orthogenetic principle (Heinz Werner): a central tenet in developmental psychology describing a general pattern of change—global to specific, simple to complex, undifferentiated to integrated systems.
- Key contrasting developmental principles often discussed: cephalocaudal (head-to-tail progression of motor control), proximodistal (center-to-periphery control), and specific learning theories (e.g., stage theories). Orthogenetic is about the qualitative pattern of organization across domains.

2) Step-by-step reasoning
- The stem describes development “from a state of globality and lack of differentiation, to a state of differentiation, articulation, and hierarchical integration.”
- Parse the phrase: “globality and lack of differentiation” = an initial, undifferentiated overall functioning; “differentiation, articulation, and hierarchical integration” = emergence of distinct components that are organized into higher-order structures.
- Match this description to known developmental principles. Orthogenetic explicitly uses this language (global-to-specific, undifferentiated-to-differentiated).

3) Calculations / intermediate steps
- No numerical calculations are needed. The logical mapping is: description in stem → definition of orthogenetic principle → match confirmed.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- Orthogenetic literally captures the progression from global/undifferentiated states to differentiated, organized systems. Werner coined and applied this term to cognitive, perceptual, and motor development. The stem’s exact phrasing mirrors standard textbook definitions of the orthogenetic principle.

5) Why other plausible options are incorrect
- Cephalocaudal describes motor development from head toward feet, not the general global-to-specific organizational pattern.
- Proximodistal refers to development from central body outward; it’s spatial/motor, not about hierarchical differentiation of function.
- Simply “differentiation” names part of the process but omits the crucial global-to-integrated hierarchical aspect that orthogenetic emphasizes.

6) Conclusion
The description matches the orthogenetic principle; therefore the correct answer is Orthogenetic principle, which matches the provided answer.

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