%A G Osborne %T The Cognitive Mechanisms Guiding Psychological Development %X This Thesis presents a model of cognitive development inspired by Piaget's "Genetic Epistemology". It is observed that the epigenetic process described by Piaget posess mechanisms and behaviour that characterise complex adaptive systems. A model of bipedal motion based around the "Bucket Brigade" algorithm of Holland is presened to explore this relationship. %D 1995 %K Piaget, complex adaptive system, bucket brigade, hyperstructure, scheme %I University of Cambridge %L cogprints4888