________ is the decrease in response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus, whereas ________ is a basic phenomenon of learning that occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.

A. Extinction; habituation
B. Habituation; extinction
C. Adaptation; habituation
D. Habituation; adaptation


Answer: B

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