Samantha, Mother of Luke, a 6-Week-Old Baby, Decides to Do

Multiple Choice

Samantha, mother of Luke, a 6-week-old baby, decides to do the dishes. She moves his crib to the kitchen. He lies peacefully in the crib, sucking a pacifier. When she opens the tap, Luke stops sucking and looks in the direction of the running water. After a couple of minutes, he looks away and starts sucking again. In the context of the information-processing approach to cognitive development, this scenario best illustrates

A) habituation.
B) elicited imitation.
C) retrieval.
D) operant conditioning.