Suppose you visit a child development laboratory and observe a researcher working with an 8-month-old baby. The baby is sitting on top of a piece of Plexiglas, which rests partly over a table top and then extends out over the end of the table. The apparatus being used in this experiment is typically called a:
A) visual cliff
B) binocular challenge
C) visually guided grid
D) perceptual challenge map

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A classic approach to assessing infants' depth perception uses the "visual cliff" created by Eleanor Gibson and her colleagues to simulate depth. On one side of the horizontal surface, a heavy piece of glass covers a solid surface. On the other side, the glass is well above the floor, simulating a cliff

Suppose You Visit a Child Development Laboratory and Observe a Researcher