A brief introduction to Epigenesis.

... A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO EPIGENESIS Jiazhen Chen A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO EPIGENESIS Epigenesis, or epigenetic principle, originally from the Greek epi (on, upon, on top of) and "genesis" (origin), is the theory that each person develops through a sequence of stages that emerge in a natural, predetermined order. The stages are sequential but they are not hierarchical. At each stage a person is confronted with a crisis or an issue that is especially important at that time of life and must be resolved (Bernstein et al, 2003). Each crisis or issue is represented by a healthy versus an unhealthy resolution. And our progress through each stage is in part determined by the healthy or unhealthy resolutions to the crises in all the previous stages. But the emergence of each new stage is irrespective of how successful or healthy the resolution of the previous stage is; rather, it emerges according to a predetermined biological

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