In a study of face perception, by 9 months, infants
A) could discriminate the individual faces of both humans and monkeys.
B) no longer showed a novelty preference when viewing monkey pairs.
C) showed a novelty preference only when viewing monkey pairs.
D) could not yet discriminate the individual faces of humans or monkeys.

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By 9 months, infants typically lose the ability to discriminate between individual monkey faces, which is why they no longer show a novelty preference when viewing monkey pairs. This is due to perceptual narrowing, where infants become more specialized in recognizing faces they are frequently exposed to, such as human faces.

In a Study of Face Perception, by 9 Months, Infants