PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Scientific American, Depth Perception
2 Feb 2017
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Original place of publication: scientific american: questions addressed in original study: (list the 2 5 most important questions addressed in the original study) Are these innate traits or do they develop through experience: findings of original study: (list the 2 5 most important findings of the original study) Children could perceive the difference of depth between the board and cliff . Test with human babies does not prove if behavior is innate or developed due to age of subjects. Different levels of performance were exhibited by different species. Children were more likely to cross a wide bridge than a narrow bridge, and the presence of handrails made it more likely to try to cross the narrow bridge (berger and adolph) Ideas of a technological visual cliff to try and help reduce the irrational fear of heights. Studies regarding mental health, perception, emotion, and development: implications of work (list the 2 5 most important implications of all of this research)
