Ester is in a swimming pool. Her nine-month-old son Williams is sitting on a blanket three feet from the edge of the pool. Ester coaxes her child to crawl to her. If the depth of the water is lower than the top lip of the pool, Williams is most likely to

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Williams is likely to crawl to the edge of the pool and stop because he has developed depth perception by the age of nine months and can perceive the difference between the flat surface of the blanket and the sloping surface of the pool. He is also likely to stop at the edge because this creates an affordance for him to climb out of the pool. Option A is unlikely because Williams would have acquired some level of depth perception, which would enable him to differentiate between the edge and the pool's depths. Option C is unlikely because although Williams might initially be cautious around his mother in the water, he is more likely to be attracted to her than to crawl back to his blanket. Option D is unlikely because by 9 months, the child has developed perception constancy to an extent, which helps them perceive the object's shape and distance.

Ester Is in a Swimming Pool