If three babies of different ages were shown the same picture of a human face, you would expect that the 2-month-old baby would look longest at __________; the 5-month-old baby would look longest at the ___________; and the 8-month-old baby would look longest at ___________.
A) the nose; the mouth; the eyes
B) the entire face; the eyes; the eyebrows
C) the mouth; the nose; the eyes
D) the eyes; the mouth; the entire face

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Research demonstrates that at 2 months, infants look at internal features of the face, such as the eyes. By 5 months, they more often look at the mouth of a person who is talking, and by 6 to 7 months, they respond to whole facial expressions and can discriminate differing expressions, such as "happy" versus "fearful" (Lewkowitz & Hansen-Tift, 2012; C. A. Nelson & de Haan, 1996).

If Three Babies of Different Ages Were Shown the Same