Research on perceptual sensitivity has shown that people
A)are more likely to recognize the faces of people from their own race.
B)are more likely to recognize the faces of people from a different race.
C)are equally likely to recognize faces of people from other races or their own.
D)have more difficulty recognizing faces if they use only one eye.

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Research in perceptual sensitivity, specifically in the context of the "cross-race effect" or "own-race bias," has consistently shown that individuals are better at recognizing faces of their own racial group compared to faces from different racial groups. This phenomenon is attributed to a combination of factors including exposure, social categorization processes, and cognitive mechanisms dedicated to processing familiar versus unfamiliar face features.

Research on Perceptual Sensitivity Has Shown That People