A Decrease in Response or Attention to a Stimulus as an Infant

question 144

Multiple Choice

A decrease in response or attention to a stimulus as an infant becomes accustomed to it probably indicates

• A) that habituation has occurred.
• B) less than average intelligence.
• C) a short attention span.
• D) an attention deficit disorder.

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Definitions:

Groundwater

Water that is found in the pores and fractures in rock and soil beneath the Earth's surface, which can supply wells and springs.

Porphyry Copper Deposits

Large, low-grade mineral deposits containing dispersed copper-bearing minerals in a porphyritic host rock, often associated with intrusive igneous rocks.

Porphyritic Texture

A texture in igneous rock consisting of large crystal grains known as phenocrysts embedded in a fine-grained groundmass.

Intrusions

refer to bodies of igneous rock that form when magma cools and solidifies within the crust of a planet.