Madeline was so excited to spend the first night in her new apartment,until the train roared by every 2 hours all night long.The previous tenant had lived there for over 30 years,and Madeline wonders how they managed.Do you have any ideas?
A) The previous tenant had undergone classical conditioning.
B) The previous tenant was habituated.
C) The previous tenant was sensitized.
D) The previous tenant had undergone operant conditioning.

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Habituation is the process by which an organism becomes less responsive to a repeated stimulus over time. The previous tenant may have habituated to the sound of the train passing by every 2 hours, and thus, it no longer bothered them.

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