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A 5 year old boy in the intensive care unit was initially startled by the sound of physician's beeper but no longer reacts after he hears the sound several times Which learning priciple best explains this phenomenon ?

a.-avoidance
b.-classical conditioning
c.-habituation
d.-partial reinforcement
e.-punishment
f.-spontaneous recovery

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C

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  #3

good

C.-habituation

  #4

c-habituation

  #5

it is punishment. even if we add stimulus (beeper) the behavior (startling) does not occur.. so it stopped..







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