The Gibsons' Ecological View Is Different from the Nativist View

question 69

Multiple Choice

The Gibsons' ecological view is different from the nativist view of perceptual development because the ecological view argues that

• A)perception is direct and does not depend on the cognitive development of the infant.
• B)the ability to perceive the world in a competent,organized way is inborn or innate.
• C)perceptual development does not involve distinctive features developed at different ages.
• D)how infants learn to generate,differentiate,and discriminate the information that is available to them in their environment is important for perception.

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