Topic 3 Child - Gibson And Walk

Question 1

What is the aim of the study?

Answer 1

To show how humans and other species perception is innate

Question 2

Sample?

Answer 2

36 infants from 6-14 months

Question 3

IV/DV?

Answer 3

Whether the mother called for the child from the other side of the cliff.

The DV was whether or not the child would crawl

Question 4

Procedure?

Answer 4

Child placed on the centre board. And mother called him from the other side.

Question 5

Findings.

Answer 5

Often infants would peer through the glass on the deep side and then back away.

Depth perception develops once animals become mobile.

Kittens froze when placed on the cliff side.

Poorest performance was from turtles. Where 24% of the turtles crawled towards cliff side.

Question 6

Conclusions.

Answer 6

Nature and nurture affect depth perception.

Most animals develop depth perception by the time mobility develops.