Darla recently moved into a new apartment and discovered that she could hear the people above her walking around all day long. At first this drove her crazy, but now she rarely notices it. This is called __________.
A) habituation
B) shaping
C) discrimination
D) flooding

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Habituaton is the process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus over time and no longer responding to it as strongly, which is what happened to Darla with the noise from her neighbors. Shaping involves gradually reinforcing behaviors towards a desired goal. Discrimination involves learning to distinguish between similar stimuli. Flooding is a form of therapy where a person is exposed to an extreme version of their fear to overcome it.

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