Question

Ogden, a child psychologist, has an empiricist approach toward perceptual development. Ogden would agree with which of the following statements? The ability of perception in infants is not innate but develops with learning and experience. Infants’ ability to perceive the world is inborn and is influenced by their genes. Infants’ ability to perceive is present at birth and involves the development of distinctive features that are detected at later ages. Infants’ ability to perceive is present at birth and develops with the cognitive development in infants.

Answer 1

Answer:

The best answer to the question: Ogden would agree with which of the following statements?, would be: The ability of perception in infants is not innate but develops with learning and experience.

Explanation:

The reason for this being the correct question comes from the approach that Ogden, the psychologist, has adopted to explain how children´s perception develops. Empiricism is a theory that focuses on the role that contact between the individual and his/her environment has on the development of perception and proper behavioral responses. As such, this theory stresses the importance of learning and experience, and not from what is inscribed in the genetic material of a child. This is precisely what Ogden seems to believe, as he has an empiricist approach. This is why the answer to the question is the first option.