When her parents first hung the new mobile over her crib, Hannah paid a great deal of attention to it. But as time passed, Hannah paid less attention to the mobile, looking at it less often and for shorter periods of time. Hannah is exhibiting

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Malcolm Guzman

25 December, 02:07

When her parents first hung the new mobile over her crib, Hannah paid a great deal of attention to it. But as time passed, Hannah paid less attention to the mobile, looking at it less often and for shorter periods of time. Hannah is exhibiting

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Keith Cruz · Answer 1

habituation

Explanation:

Habituation is a kind of learning process in psychology, which describes the behavioral responsiveness of humans and animals to a stimulus that is presented repeatedly without a change, punishment or reward. It explains that response of humans and animals to a stimulus that is repeatedly presented will reduce over time. The more the repetition, the less response is exhibited.

Hannah is simply exhibiting a lesser degree of responsiveness to the repeated occurrence of same stimuli which is termed habituation.