He believed that the development of the libido involved several distinct and identifiable stages.

The theory holds that moral reasoning, the basis for ethical behavior, has six identifiable developmental stages, each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than its predecessor.

There are various identifiable stages of pathocracy described by Łobaczewski.

Kohlberg's theory holds that moral reasoning, which is the basis for ethical behavior, has six identifiable developmental constructive stages - each more adequate at responding to moral dilemmas than the last.

It seems that each of these can be broken down into five identifiable stages.

It may consist in a rejection of the notion that there are identifiable stages, or that talking of stages is a useful way of visualizing evolution.

The young hatch closely resembling the adults and undergo no significant metamorphosis, lacking even an identifiable nymphal stage.

The exchange, or selling, process has implied rules and identifiable stages.

It is one of several identifiable stages of bridge building along the Murray.

Wedekind and his academic contemporaries shared another novel idea: the notion that the teenage years constitute an identifiable and distinct stage of life.