Ontogenetic parade explained

In developmental psychology, the ontogenetic parade is the term introduced by Isaac Marks for the predictable pattern of the development of normal childhood fears: emergence, plateau, and decline.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Fears, Phobias, and Rituals by Isaac Meyer Marks (1987), p. 109: The Ontogenetic Parade and its Substrate
2. "Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology", by Theodore Millon, Paul H. Blaney, Roger D. Davis, p. 82