PSYC 2110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethology, John Bowlby, Transformational Grammar

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2110
• Professor: Scott Adler

Document Summary

He borrows certain things from piaget, but he tries to get around some of the problems that have existed. Sieglers theory is called overlapping waves theory. At any one time in an individuals life they have multiple ways of thinking, they have multiple cognitive structures that they use, and they think in a variety of ways. The varied ways of thinking compete with each other not just at transitions but for prolonged periods. Cognitive development is determined by changes in the frequency of ways of thinking, as well as new advanced thinking. These new ways of thinking continuously compete with the old ways of thinking. He tried to understand in which children develop the ability to solve problems. They are given a task and they have to figure out how to solve it. Sigler said that in any stage of your life you have multiple ways of thinking, and you use some more frequently than other ways.