If You Were to Compare the Number of Presentations of a Stimulus

question 69

Multiple Choice

If you were to compare the number of presentations of a stimulus before habituation occurred for a 1-month-old and a 12-month-old, what would you expect to find?

• A)The younger infant would require the same number of presentations, but only in the auditory domain.
• B)The younger infant would require fewer presentations.
• C)The younger child would require many more presentations than the older infant.
• D)The younger child would require fewer presentations than the older child, but only in the auditory domain.

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