Which of the following supports a stage theory of development?

A) Children often appear to be in one stage on one occasion and in a different stage on another.
B) Children's thinking is continually changing, with most of these changes occurring gradually.
C) The processes by which people learn new behaviors remain the same at all ages.
D) As children develop, they proceed in a predictable order through a series of qualitatively different stages.

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Carolyn Salinas · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Stage theories of development, such as Piaget's theory of cognitive development, propose that children progress through a series of distinct stages in a fixed order, with each stage representing a qualitatively different way of thinking or understanding the world.

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