In the process known as__________, sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus

An analysis of classical conditioning reveals that:

a. classical conditioning occurs in mammals, but not in lower species. b. The salivary response is one of the few reflexes that can be conditioned. c. completely eliminating a conditioned response usually requires more than one session. d. learning always occurs when an unconditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus.

You might be doing your homework for this class when your roommate comes in and tells you a story. You realize a few minutes into the story that you haven’t heard anything she said. You had been using ______ to do your homework.

a. conservation b. selective attention c. language d. divided attention