APA Dictionary of Psychology
reproduction
- n.
- in biology, the production of new individuals from parent organisms, which perpetuates the species. Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes in the process of fertilization; asexual reproduction does not.
- the process of replicating information from memory. It potentially is subject to numerous errors or changes, as demonstrated via repeated reproduction and other techniques.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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