Psychology A-Level
visual cliff
What visual cliff means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of visual cliff
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A glass-topped table with patterned material directly under the glass on one side and far below it on the other, used by Gibson and Walk (1960) to test depth perception.
Topics that use visual cliff
- Section B: Option 1 Child psychology (OCR A-Level)
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