After playing tennis, Lori hurries home because her mother always bakes Lori's favorite brownies on Saturday afternoons. As Lori opens the front door, she notices the kitchen trashcan smells horribly, but her mother says, "I don't smell anything." The most likely explanation for this is that Lori's mother
Answer: adapted to the smell of the trashcan because it is an unchanging stimulus.
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