Habituation has proven to be a very useful tool for studying cognitive processes in nonverbal subjects, such as animals and human infants. This is because it allows the experimenter to know if the subject can
A) be taught the difference between a UCS and a CS.
B) detect the difference between two stimuli.
C) figure out indirect routes to a goal.
D) learn difficult goal-directed behaviors.

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Habituation is a process where an organism reduces its response to a repeated stimulus over time. It is particularly useful in studying cognitive processes in nonverbal subjects because it can indicate whether the subject can detect differences between two stimuli. If the subject's response diminishes to a familiar stimulus but then increases to a novel stimulus, it suggests the subject can distinguish between the two, indicating a level of cognitive processing.

Habituation Has Proven to Be a Very Useful Tool for Studying