Testing an Infant's Perception of Depth Requires Ingenuity, but Gibson

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Essay

Testing an infant's perception of depth requires ingenuity, but Gibson and Walk were able to design a procedure in order to test infants on a "visual cliff." Explain how they created a "cliff" and describe the results of their research.

Identify key figures in the development of psychology and their theoretical contributions.

Distinguish between different schools of thought in psychology, such as behaviourism, psychoanalysis, and functionalism.

Understand the role of the environment and unconscious motives in shaping behaviour according to behavioural and psychoanalytic perspectives.

Recognize the impact of psychoanalytic theory on psychology, including its influence on developmental and abnormal psychology.

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