In their classic study of depth perception, Gibson and Walk (1960) found that
A) one-month-olds would not cross the visual cliff.
B) boys crossed the visual cliff earlier than girls.
C) infants would cross the cliff if their mothers encouraged them to do so.
D) 8 out of 10 crawling infants would not cross onto the visual cliff.

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Gibson and Walk's study found that most crawling infants (8 out of 10) would not cross the visual cliff, indicating they perceived depth and were wary of the apparent drop.

In Their Classic Study of Depth Perception, Gibson and Walk