A teacher wants to help her students better understand the repetitive physical behaviors sometimes displayed by people with autism. The best explanation, in everyday language, is that this "stimming" behavior serves the same purpose as

A. going jogging to warm up before competing in a baseball game.
B. wearing earplugs on a noisy airplane flight.
C. squinting at a sign printed in small font.
D. turning up the volume of a hard-to-hear song on the radio.


Answer: B

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