Using the visual habituation procedure, where the same stimulus is presented repeatedly until infant looking time declines, researchers found that when a novel stimulus was presented, infants usually ___________.
A)preferred the familiar stimulus
B)looked longer at the novel rather than the familiar stimulus
C)looked longer at white lights than coloured lights
D)showed classical extinction

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Infants typically show increased interest in novel stimuli after habituating to a familiar one, as indicated by longer looking times. This is a fundamental aspect of the visual habituation procedure, demonstrating infants' ability to discriminate between familiar and new stimuli.

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