According to Theorists Eleanor and James Gibson, Who Developed the Ecological

question 92

Multiple Choice

According to theorists Eleanor and James Gibson, who developed the ecological view of perceptual development in infancy, which of the following statements is true?

• A) People have to take bits and pieces of data from sensations and build up representations of the world in their minds.
• B) People indirectly perceive information that exists in the world around them.
• C) People's perceptual system can select from the rich information that the environment itself provides.
• D) Culture brings people into contact with the environment so that they can interact with and adapt to it.

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Definitions:

Prelinguistic Vocalization

Early sounds made by infants before they acquire language, including cooing and babbling, important for speech development.

Brain Structures

The various parts of the brain, each responsible for different functions, including thought, emotion, sensation, and movement.

Language Development

The process by which children learn to communicate through spoken words, gestures, or written symbols, typically progressing from babbling to forming sentences.

A-not-B Error

A cognitive error observed in infants, where they search for an object at a location (A) where it was previously found, despite seeing it moved to a new location (B).