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Continuous and Discontinuous Development

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Continuous development is gradual and incremental; discontinuous development proceeds through distinct qualitative stages.

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Height grows continuously while language ability appears to arrive in discrete jumps.

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Whether a change is a stage or a gradient often depends on how finely it is measured.

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