You place an empty dog-food dish across the room from a puppy that then goes over to investigate the dish.You pick the dish up and ten minutes later you place it in a different part of the room, and you keep repeating this pattern.After the fifth time the puppy no longer goes over to the empty dish.Which of the following terms best describes this form of learning?

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Habituation is a form of learning where an animal stops responding to a stimulus after repeated exposure when it is found to be irrelevant or non-threatening. In this case, the puppy stops going to the empty dish after realizing it doesn't contain food.

You Place an Empty Dog-Food Dish Across the Room from a Puppy