Learning NOT to Respond to Uneventful, Familiar Stimuli So That

question 268

Multiple Choice

Learning NOT to respond to uneventful, familiar stimuli so that the organism can conserve energy and attend to more important stimuli is an example of:

• A) habituation.
• B) generalization.
• C) a fixed action pattern.
• D) operant generalization.

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