APA Dictionary of Psychology

life cycle

Updated on 04/19/2018
  1. the sequence of developmental stages through which an organism passes between a specified stage of one generation (e.g., fertilization, birth) and the same stage in the next generation.
  2. the series of stages that characterizes the lifespan of a group, institution, culture, or product.
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