In an effort to assess her memory abilities,a researcher presents 5-month-old Chloe with the same visual stimulus over numerous trials.If she begins to pay less attention to the stimulus with each subsequent trial,she is demonstrating
A) memory and habituation.
B) memory and dishabituation.
C) a lack of memory and habituation.
D) a lack of memory and dishabituation.

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Chloe is demonstrating memory by habituating to the stimulus, which means she is becoming used to it and paying less attention to it over time. This is a sign that she remembers having seen the stimulus before.

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