A researcher is using an apparatus that consists of a glass-topped table with one side having a checkered surface that lies directly beneath the glass with the other checkered surface being four feet below the glass surface causing the appearance of a drop-off. This apparatus is known as

a. a Skinner box.
b. a visual cliff.
c. the Ames room.
d. the Müller-Lyer illusion.


B

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