Later studies utilizing the visual cliff paradigm showed the importance of disentangling depth perception from the emotion of ______.

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The visual cliff paradigm is used to study depth perception in infants and animals. In early studies, it was believed that infants avoided the "cliff" due to fear of falling, but later research showed that depth perception was the primary factor. Therefore, the best choice that represents an emotion that needs to be disentangled from depth perception is fear (choice B).

Later Studies Utilizing the Visual Cliff Paradigm Showed the Importance