How recently?
What do you mean by influential?
How do you define development in this context?
What do you think?
Issues and Debates: Early vs Late learning
What experiences are most important in development; those that occur early in life or later in development? Have any of you had experience more recently that have been influential in your development?
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You might want to explore Erik Erikson's stages of development.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=erik+erikson+stages&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=erik+erikson+stages&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8