The fact that dishabituation occur so readily suggests that ______.

A. learning theorists have ignored important instinctive sources of motivation and behavior
B. there must be some innate tendency to ignore stimuli that are unimportant
C. evolutionary theory cannot explain the wide said nature of habituation
D. all animals have common evolutionary ancestor


B. there must be some innate tendency to ignore stimuli that are unimportant

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