At first,baby Mario was easily awakened every night by a barking dog in his neighborhood.Several weeks later,Mario's sleep is not bothered by the dog's barks.This is an example of

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Habituation is the process of becoming less responsive to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it. In this scenario, Mario's lack of response to the barking dog after several weeks indicates habituation. Classical conditioning involves associating two stimuli together to create a learned response, extinction involves the gradual disappearance of a learned response after the removal of the conditioned stimulus, and recovery involves the reappearance of a learned response after the presentation of the conditioned stimulus.

At First,baby Mario Was Easily Awakened Every Night by a Barking