stagelike

Adjective

 * 1) Resembling or characteristic of a stage (setting where a dramatic work is performed).
 * 2)  proceeding through discrete stages; often used of developmental processes.
 * 3) * 1997, Bonatti et al., "Precis of beyond modularity," Behavioral and Brain Science 20(2), 351-360
 * "Contra Piaget, I argue that:(1) development rarely involves stagelike domain-general change."