In the classic fable of "the boy who cried wolf," the villagers who stopped listening to the shepherd boy who kept lying and telling them that a wolf was attacking the sheep were exhibiting the form of learning called:

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The villagers in the fable who stopped responding to the boy's cries of wolf are exhibiting habituation, which is a decrease in response to repeated or non-threatening stimuli over time. They had become accustomed to the boy's false alarms and no longer believed him even when there was a true danger.

In the Classic Fable of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf