If you turn on a floor fan, an infant will immediately orient its head toward the sound. After awhile, the infant appears to lose interest and turns its head back to its original position. This phenomenon is known as

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Habituation is the diminishing of a response to repeated stimuli. In this scenario, the infant initially responds to the sound of the floor fan by orienting its head, but eventually loses interest and turns its head back to its original position, indicating a habituation to the sound. Discrimination refers to the ability to differentiate between different stimuli, generalization refers to the extension of a response from one stimulus to a similar stimulus, and sound acuity refers to the ability to hear and distinguish different sounds at different frequencies.

If You Turn on a Floor Fan, an Infant Will