When a Parent Is Talking on a Telephone and Suddenly

question 212

Multiple Choice

 When a parent is talking on a telephone and suddenly turns toward the baby crying in the other room,____ has occurred. 

• A)sensory reduction
• B)habituation
• C)the orienting reflex
• D)classical conditioning

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Definitions:

Nerve Fibers

Extended fibers of neurons that conduct electrical signals across the body.

Axons

Long, threadlike parts of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.

Dendrites

The branched projections from the neuron's cell body that receive neural impulses from other neurons and transmit them towards the cell body.

Sulci

Grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain.