When You Download a New Song from ITunes, the Music

question 75

Multiple Choice

When you download a new song from iTunes, the music initially holds your attention all the way through. But when the song becomes "old," it may play without you really attending to it. This illustrates

• A)habituation.
• B)sensory gating.
• C)perseveration.
• D)dishabituation.

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Definitions:

Linear Association

A statistical relationship between two variables where a change in one variable is associated with a change in the other variable.

Lurking Variable

A variable that is not directly measured or observed but can affect the relationship between variables of interest in a study.

Age

The length of time that an individual has lived or a thing has existed, typically expressed in years.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the degree of spread or variability among a set of figures, showing how much the values differ from the average.