1. developmental - Noun
2. developmental - Adjective
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.
Source: Webster's dictionaryProkofiev's music is usually based on a firm sense of tonality. Whatever tonal uncertainty and ambiguity one experiences, mainly in developmental passages, they are mostly short-lived. Boris Berman
Here I was, sitting with the boys of the first team in cognitive psychology, personality psychology, developmental psychology [at Stanford and Harvard], and in the midst of this I felt here were men and women who, themselves were not highly evolved beings. Their own lives were not fulfilled. Ram Dass
[The goal of developmental research is to] consciously experience, describe and justify the cyclic process of development and research so that it can be passed on to others in such a way that they can witness and relive the experience. Hans Freudenthal
Effects are perceived, whereas causes are conceived. Effects always preceed causes in the actual developmental order. Marshall McLuhan
As in the focus of a magnifying glass, play contains all developmental tendencies in a condensed form and is itself a major source of development. Lev Vygotsky
In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning. Jean Piaget