The concept of discontinuity, which is characterized by qualitative change, expresses the changes or development of human beings through different stages of life which have qualities that are different from each other—they are qualitatively different; for example, infants grow to become children and start reasoning consciously/literally, and children grow from reasoning in a literal way, to reasoning in an abstract way.
The concept of discontinuity is characterized by qualitative change.
Explanation:
The concept of discontinuity in the personality development is dependent on the qualitative changes occuring in the development of the personality. These changes are identified for various stages of personality in the discontinuous development on basis of qualitative changes.