After habituating his animals to a visual stimulus, Dr. Stillman presents a novel tone to his subjects. Following the presentation of the tone, the animals are again shown the initial visual stimulus, but they no longer habituate to this event. What has occurred?
A) generalization
B) sensory adaptation
C) savings
D) dishabituation

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Dishabituation is the restoration of a response to a habituated stimulus that occurs when a novel stimulus is presented. In this scenario, the animals were habituated to a visual stimulus, then presented with a novel tone, and finally shown the initial visual stimulus again. The fact that the animals did not habituate to the visual stimulus after the novel tone indicates that they experienced dishabituation.

After Habituating His Animals to a Visual Stimulus, Dr