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toc = = = Definition: = Organization of experiences into expectancies, called schemas, which enable infants to distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar stimuli Chapter 5 HGD, pp. 115-116

= Examples: = A seven month old is likely to habituate to a sequence of ten animal pictures and if the next picture is of another animal will not show surprise or look at it any longer than the first ten. If however, researchers show the baby a picture of a human after ten animal pictures, the baby will look surprised and gaze at the picture longer.

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