Susan remembered that when her infant daughter first saw a set of keys, she stared at them intensely.However, as she looked at them longer, she became used to them and seemed to no longer find them interesting.This change in responsiveness illustrates the learning process known as:

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Habituation is the process of becoming less responsive to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it. In this case, the infant became less interested in the keys after looking at them for a longer period of time, indicating habituation. Shaping involves reinforcing behaviors that are closer and closer to the desired behavior. Stimulus generalization is when a response that was learned for one specific stimulus is also elicited by other similar stimuli. Sensitization is when repeated exposure to a stimulus increases responsiveness to that stimulus, which is opposite of what happened in this scenario.

Susan Remembered That When Her Infant Daughter First Saw a Set