In the Context of Cognitive Development, Decreased Responsiveness to a Stimulus

question 71

Multiple Choice

In the context of cognitive development, decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus is known as

• A) assimilation.
• B) habituation.
• C) deferred imitation.
• D) perceptual categorization.

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