what is the name given to decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus?
A classical conditioning procedure for changing the relationship between a conditioned stimulus and its conditioned response. aversive conditioning : A form of treatment that consists of repeated pairings of a stimulus with a very unpleasant stimulus. habituation : Decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations. operant conditioning Also called instrumental conditioning, a form of associative learning in which the consequences of a behavior change the probability of the behavior's occurrence.