--- abstract: 'Human skills are acquired not by a single uniform process, but in a series of stages, as Piaget has shown. We have investigated such a sequential process by taking as an illustrative example the game of table tennis. The aims in each stage of learning are qualitatively different, and we show in detail how knowledge gained during one stage provides essential information for subsequent stages. Conclusions are drawn which may be important for artificial intelligence work generally. The question of practical implementation of a system such as discussed is considered briefly.' altloc: - http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/papers/multistage.html chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Josephson given: Brian D. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Hauser given: H. M. honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 1981-01 date_type: published datestamp: 1999-06-10 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/08/13 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 813 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/text_html.png;/813/1/temp.html full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'multistage development, Piaget, skill acquisition, structure, intelligence, developmental program' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:18 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 1 pagerange: 11-15 pubdom: FALSE publication: Kybernetes publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:34:39 subjects: - cog-psy - comp-sci-art-intel - comp-sci-complex-theory - dev-psy - neuro-mod - phil-mind succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Multistage Acquisition of Intelligent Behaviour type: journalp userid: 196 volume: 10