Learning That Occurs When Repeated Exposure to a Stimulus Decreases

question 174

Multiple Choice

Learning that occurs when repeated exposure to a stimulus decreases an organism's responsiveness to the stimulus is called ________.

• A) habituation
• B) extinction
• C) acquisition
• D) associative learning

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A segment of values, derived from analyzing a sample, that is likely to encapsulate the value of an undisclosed population attribute.

Sample Mean

The average of a subset of a population.

Margin of Error

A measure that indicates the range of values within which the true population parameter is expected to fall.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected for a study or experiment.