Jessie is shown 30 blue triangles, one after another. After the eighteenth or nineteenth blue triangle, she is no longer paying a great deal of attention. When shown a red circle, Jessie re-orients to the display. This renewed awareness of the stimulus is called
A)conditioning.
B)deconditioning.
C)dishabituation.
D)habituation.

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Dishabituation refers to the recovery of a habituated response following the presentation of a novel stimulus. In this case, Jessie's renewed awareness of the stimulus (the red circle) after becoming habituated to the blue triangles suggests dishabituation. Conditioning refers to the process of learning through association, deconditioning refers to the process of unlearning a conditioned response, and habituation refers to the process of decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated exposure. None of these fully capture Jessie's response to the red circle.

Jessie Is Shown 30 Blue Triangles, One After Another