The option that isn't an assumption of stage theories is A. Stages are cultural.
Stage theory simply means a hypothetical construct that's used in describing the phases that occur in a process.
The assumptions of the stage theory include stages are genetically predisposed, each stage corresponds to a specific age, and that each person goes through the stages in the same order.
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