You are being placed on a large piece of glass with a checkerboard-patterned platform underneath it. Your mother walks to the other side of this platform and calls for you to crawl to her. Many years later, you will discover that this was all part of an experiment to test your
A) visual acuity.
B) ability to recognize your mother.
C) motor development.
D) depth perception.

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This experiment is designed to test depth perception. The checkerboard-patterned platform under the glass creates an illusion of depth, and the experiment observes whether an infant can perceive this depth and may hesitate to crawl over what appears to be a drop-off, despite the solid glass surface.

You Are Being Placed on a Large Piece of Glass