In a study by Professor Heath, children ages 5 and 10 were asked to complete the following pattern: uv uv u___. Most five-year-old children answered correctly with respect to shape, but were at chance with respect to color

In other words, they were just as likely to complete the pattern with a white square as a black square. In contrast, most ten-year-old children answered correctly with respect to both shape and color (i.e., they put a black square in the blank). This example best demonstrates which of the following mechanisms of change?
a. automatization
b. encoding
c. habituation
d. statistical learning

B