organismic point of view. In D. Harris (Ed.), The concept of development. Minneapolis, Minn: University of Minnesota Press. Werner, H., & Kaplan, B. (1963). Symbol formation: An organismic developmental approach to language and the expression of thought. NY: John Wiley. See also Organismic theory Developmental psychology External links http://wacots.org/ http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~duchan/history_subpages/heinzwerner.html Clark University faculty 1890 births 1964 deaths 20th-century American psychologists Austrian psychologists University of Michigan faculty Brooklyn College faculty Academic staff of the University of Hamburg University of Vienna alumni