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Question 3 (1 point) Which of the following is true regarding the habituation procedure? A) It draws on the fact that infants show the most interest in familiar stimuli. B) This procedure can be used for a variety of stimuli including sounds, pictures, and touch sensations. C) It can be used to determine if an infant can detect the similarities between two stimuli. D) Habituation is the increase in responsiveness to novel stimuli. ā Saved
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The correct answer is **B) This procedure can be used for a variety of stimuli including sounds, pictures, and touch sensations.**Here's why:* **A) It draws on the fact that infants show the most interest in familiar stimuli.** This is incorrect. Habituation relies on the principle that infants show *decreasing* interest in stimuli that are repeatedly presented. They become "habituated" or bored with the familiar.* **C) It can be used to determine if an infant can detect the similarities between two stimuli.** While habituation *can* be a building block for studies that explore discrimination (e.g., showing habituation to one stimulus and then renewed interest in a slightly different one), the habituation procedure itself simply measures declining interest in a *single* repeated stimulus. Discrimination studies build upon habituation by then introducing a *new* stimulus.* **D) Habituation is the increase in responsiveness to novel stimuli.** This describes *dishabituation*, which is the *recovery* of interest when a new stimulus is presented after habituation to a previous one. Habituation itself is the *decrease* in responsiveness.