Clues to the important roles both nature and nurture play in development is seen in infants as they begin to gain the ability to actively perceive the distance from themselves to objects in the environment. This ability is also known as what term?
a. Light pattern response
b. Depth perception
c. Ocular maturation
d. Parietal brain activity
Answer: b. Depth perception
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