A nonassociative learning called __________ can be defined as a decrease in response to a repeated stimulus that has no positive or negative consequences.  

A.  instinctive learning
B.  imprinting
C.  desensitization learning
D.  habituation
E.  cognitive learning


D.  habituation

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