In the Visual Cliff Experiment by Eleanor Gibson and Richard

question 85

Multiple Choice

In the visual cliff experiment by Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk, most 6- to 12-month-old babies encouraged to crawl onto the deep side of the visual cliff would:

• A) crawl onto the cliff side.
• B) not crawl onto the cliff side.
• C) crawl onto the cliff side only when their mothers called them.
• D) not crawl onto the cliff side but showed significant increases in heart rate, indicating anxiety about the situation.

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