Callen Has Been Feeding a Stray Dog for the Past

question 329

Multiple Choice

Callen has been feeding a stray dog for the past two weeks.When he first started,the dog was very frightened of him and would only eat once Callen was out of sight.Now,the dog will eat even though Callen is only a couple of metres away.This is an example of ___.

• A) dishabituation
• B) habituation
• C) sensitization
• D) desensitization

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Definitions:

Language Development

The process by which humans acquire the ability to perceive, produce, and understand language, typically observed during early childhood.

Home Signs

Spontaneously developed signs or gestures by children who are deaf, particularly in cases where they are not exposed to formal sign language, facilitating basic communication within their family.

Morpheme

The smallest unit of meaning in the words of a language.

Phoneme

The smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another, such as the difference between the sounds /p/ and /b/.