Describe how Sorce et al. (1985) used the visual cliff to demonstrate that infants understand the meaning of basic emotions expressed by their mothers
What will be an ideal response?
Students should include all the main steps in the experimental procedure and summarize the significant results.
Procedure:
--12-month-olds were put on the shallow side and a toy on the deep side.
--Infants looked to their mothers before going to the deep side.
--Mothers were instructed to systematically display happy, sad, interested, angry, and fearful expressions.
Results:
--Infants did not cross to the deep side when their mothers showed fearful expressions.
--Many infants crossed to the deep side when their mothers showed positive emotions.
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