habitation is a useful primary tool for then assessing mental processes in the stages of infancy. the purpose for these tests, or paradigms records looking time, which is the baseline measurement. habituation of looking time helps to assess certain child capabilities such as: memory, sensitivity, and helps the baby recognize certain abstract properties. habituation is also found to be influenced by unchangeable factors such as infant age, gender, and complexity of the stimulus. (caron & caron, 1969; cohen, deloache, & rissman, 1975; friedman, nagy, & carpenter, 1970; miller, 1972; wetherford & cohen, 1973).