An Infant Presented with the Same Visual Stimulus Over and Over

question 114

Multiple Choice

An infant presented with the same visual stimulus over and over again will eventually lose interest in it, not responding with the same degree of curiosity as he did initially. This gradual drop-off in responding has been called __________.

• A) the learning curve
• B) the law of effect
• C) habituation
• D) stimulus generalization

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