In the very broadest sense, inorganic chemicals and compounds are defined by what they are not; they are not organic in nature, such that anything beyond biological, hydrocarbon, and other similar carbon-based chemicals may be considered inorganic.
Family Development Theory. n Family Development theory is an interdisciplinary approach of examining the family. n Involves biological, social, and psychological perspectives of development. Biological. n Biological needs in a family vary depending on the family structure and ages of its members.
Developmental contextualism is a theory of human development (Lerner, 1986,1991, 1992; Lerner, et al., 1995) that focuses on the changing relations--or, better, coactions (Gottlieb, 1997)--between the developing individual and his or her context.