A baby,who has been given 100 presentations of a high-pitched tone,no longer reacts to the sound by stopping the sucking response.When a low-pitched tone is presented,the baby does stop sucking.This cessation of sucking caused by the new tone is called
A) dishabituation.
B) disinhibition.
C) habituation.
D) a conditioned response.

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Dishabituation occurs when a new stimulus is introduced after a subject has become habituated to another stimulus, causing the subject to respond to the original stimulus as if it were new again. In this case, the baby had habituated to the high-pitched tone (no longer reacting to it) but responded to the new, low-pitched tone, indicating dishabituation.

A Baby,who Has Been Given 100 Presentations of a High-Pitched