While Writing Your Exam, the Person Next to You Keeps

question 254

Multiple Choice

While writing your exam, the person next to you keeps tapping their pencil. At first you find it quite distracting but after a while you stop noticing it. This is an example of ______.

• A)habituation
• B)extinction
• C)sensitization
• D)latent learning

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Definitions:

Tibia

The larger, stronger, and anterior of the two bones in the lower leg, commonly referred to as the shin bone.

Fibula

The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, running parallel to the tibia and playing an important role in stabilizing the ankle.

Talus

A bone in the ankle that sits above the calcaneus (heel bone) and below the tibia (shinbone), critical for foot movement and stability.

Cuneiform Bones

A group of three bones in the foot located between the navicular bone and the first, second, and third metatarsal bones.