Kylie recently moved into an apartment with a new roommate who watches cable news seemingly all day and all night. The television is always on and always turned to the news. At first, Kylie found the television distracting, but after a few weeks, she barely even notices that the TV is on. This example demonstrates the behavioural process of:
A) classical conditioning.
B) sensitization.
C) habituation.
D) operant conditioning.
C) habituation.
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