Twelve-Month-Old Claude Has Just Crawled to the Edge of a Deep

question 30

Multiple Choice

Twelve-month-old Claude has just crawled to the edge of a deep, empty swimming pool. If Claude is like most children his age, he will:

• A) Stop crawling forward, and possibly move away from the edge
• B) Find the sharp dropout quite fascinating and lean forward to look down
• C) Continue crawling because his perceptual abilities don't allow him to detect the dropout
• D) Continue crawling because, although he can perceive the drop-off, he hasn't yet developed a fear of heights

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