Learning NOT to respond to uneventful familiar stimuli so that the organism can conserve energy and attend to more important stimuli is an example of:

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Habituation is a form of learning where an organism learns to ignore or respond less to a stimulus over time. This allows the organism to conserve energy and focus on more important stimuli. Fixed action patterns are innate behaviors, generalization is the tendency to respond similarly to similar stimuli, and operant generalization is the tendency to respond similarly to different but similar conditions.

Learning NOT to Respond to Uneventful Familiar Stimuli So That