FIGURE V
THE COMPONENTS OF ESCALATION
COMPONENT
DESCRIPTION
PIAGET'S 
NEAREST TERM
RELEVANT
MATERIAL
Succession
A fixed order of
hierarchical stages
Hierarchicization
Dysplasias (cultural and 
personal lags)
Discontinuity
A discrete succession of
discontinuous equilibration
Equilibration
Each stage has 
characteristic
properties and tasks
Emergence
The budding and making
of the implicit, explicit
Consolidation

Budding

Differentiation
Fixation and shift in
emphasis
Integration
Fixation
Metamorphosis
Integration
A Gestalt of structures
d'ensemble
Structuring
Summation structures
d'ensemble (parts which
assemble to make a
whole)