To Investigate the Impact of Experience with Locomotion on Perception

question 179

Essay

To investigate the impact of experience with locomotion on perception, researchers created a "visual cliff" apparatus. Describe the visual cliff apparatus and explain how a study using this apparatus informs scientific understanding of the role of experience with locomotion on the development of wariness of heights.

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