Baby Baa-Baa likes to ride in a car seat with her foot touching a vibrating window crank handle. When something happens that interrupts the vibration, she becomes suddenly alert. Baa-Baa's reaction illustrates

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Baa-Baa's sudden alertness when the vibration stops suggests that she had become habituated to the sensation of the vibrating window crank handle. When the vibration stops, it is considered a novel stimulus, and her sudden alertness is an example of dishabituation. The other answer choices do not accurately describe Baa-Baa's behavior.

Baby Baa-Baa Likes to Ride in a Car Seat with Her