What is the visual cliff? What does it tell us about infants' vision? Be sure to describe the task and how it is performed
What will be an ideal response?
To measure depth perception, Gibson & Walk placed babies on a surface that
apparently ends with a sudden drop. Ten-month-olds fearfully refused to cross over the
"cliff" even when their mothers called them. The researchers felt that the stopping
demonstrated that 10-month-olds have depth perception. In addition, research with
3-month-olds showed that they noticed the difference.
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The type of participant observation known as ethnography was borrowed from the field of
a. biology. b. anthropology. c. education. d. literature.
All types of psychology involve
A) interactions between patients and therapists. B) replicating what is already known via common sense. C) treating people's behavioral and emotional problems. D) the use of scientific method.
Mental exercises in which a conscious attempt is made to focus attention in a non-analytic way are referred to as
A) ?meditation. B) ?behavior modification. C) ?the relaxation response. D) ?systematic desensitization.
Which of the following statements about Salkovskis and Warwick's cognitive model of anxiety is not true?
a) It includes the role of critical precipitating events b) It recognizes that cognitive factors interact with individual differences in personality and temperament c) Health anxiety is decreased by the perceived presence of rescue factors d) Health anxiety increases according to the perceived probability and awfulness of a health problem