Suppose a baby is presented repeatedly with the color yellow. Which statement would demonstrate that habituation is stimulus specific in this case?
A) The baby's orienting response to yellow increases, and then the baby responds vigorously to the color red.
B) The baby's orienting response to yellow increases, and then the baby has no response to the color red.
C) The baby's orienting response to yellow decreases, and then the baby responds vigorously to the color red.
D) The baby's orienting response to yellow decreases, and then the baby has no response to the color red.

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Habituation is stimulus specific when a decrease in response to one stimulus (yellow) does not generalize to a new stimulus (red), leading to a vigorous response to the new stimulus, indicating that the habituation to the first stimulus (yellow) does not affect the response to a different stimulus (red).

Suppose a Baby Is Presented Repeatedly with the Color Yellow