Why Is It That an Orienting Response Tends to Disappear

question 61

Multiple Choice

Why is it that an orienting response tends to disappear after repeated exposure to a stimulus?

• A) because the brain adjusts to the presence of the stimulus and no longer registers it as a sensation
• B) because the stimulus becomes familiar and loses its novelty
• C) because the attention that we pay to a stimulus increases as it becomes more familiar
• D) because our mental hardware becomes inconsistent with our mental software as an object becomes less novel

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