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.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The study of how thinking, problem solving, and intelligence evolve from childhood through adulthood.

Psychosocial Development

Erikson's theory that individuals pass through eight developmental stages, each characterized by a different psychological crisis.

Initiative Versus Guilt

Initiative versus guilt is a stage in Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, where children aged 3 to 5 years learn to initiate activities and interact with others or experience guilt for their actions and thoughts.

Erikson

A reference to Erik Erikson, a developmental psychologist known for his theory on the psychological stages of human development.