Eight-month-old infants placed on a visual cliff would probably:
a. cross to greet their parents.
b. hesitate briefly, and then cross to their parents.
c. cross quickly to avoid seeing the deep side of the cliff.
d. show extreme hesitation or not cross at all.
D. Infants at this age have an understanding of depth perception so it would be very difficult to get them to cross.
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