# Ontogenetic parade

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Developmental psychology term for childhood fears progression

In [developmental psychology](/source/Developmental_psychology), the **ontogenetic parade** is the term introduced by [Isaac Marks](/source/Isaac_Marks) for the predictable pattern of the development of normal [childhood](/source/Childhood) [fears](/source/Fear): emergence, plateau, and decline.[1][2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *Fears, Phobias, and Rituals* by [Isaac Meyer Marks](/source/Isaac_Meyer_Marks) (1987) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-503927-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-503927-0), [p. 109: *The Ontogenetic Parade and its Substrate*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nKLg3MFgBGgC&pg=PA109&dq=%22ontogenetic+parade%22)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology", by [Theodore Millon](/source/Theodore_Millon), Paul H. Blaney, Roger D. Davis, [p. 82](https://books.google.com/books?id=61gdxlJX5iEC&pg=PA82&dq=blood+injection+injury+phobia)

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