APA Dictionary of Psychology

developmental function

Updated on 04/19/2018
  1. the form that development takes over time. Different aspects of development (e.g., physical vs. cognitive) may show different patterns of change over time.
  2. the role played by an entity (e.g., a gene), activity (e.g., play), stage (e.g., adolescence), or other phenomenon in the development of an organism.

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