The Majority of the Crawling Infants in the Gibson and Walk

question 75

Multiple Choice

The majority of the crawling infants in the Gibson and Walk study of depth perception using a visual cliff

• A) demonstrated no fear of crawling over the deep side.
• B) demonstrated depth perception.
• C) would crawl over the deep side when called by their mothers.
• D) could not discriminate the shallow side from the deep side.

---

Definitions:

Motor Neurons

Nerve cells forming part of the pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland, facilitating movement and action.

Synaptic Neurons

Neurons that are capable of transmitting a nerve impulse across a synapse to a postsynaptic element, such as another nerve, muscle, or gland.

Efferent Neurons

Nerve cells that carry neural impulses away from the central nervous system toward muscles to cause movement, also known as motor neurons.

Afferent Neurons

Nerve cells that carry sensory information from the body's tissues and organs to the brain or spinal cord.