Which controversy is a derivative of the stability-change issue and examines whether development occurs as a smooth transition over time or as a series of abrupt shifts?
a. nature-nurture
b. quantitative-qualitative
c. continuity-discontinuity
d. heredity-environment
ANSWER: c
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