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An experiment with 108 young adults showed that (a) repetition produced habituation or enhancement of liking, galvanic skin response (GSR) and respiration amplitude only if music selections continued longer than an initial five seconds and (b) when five seconds of either selection is, on the posttest, continued for 15 seconds, there is relatively more liking, more GSR, and less amplitude of respiration. These results are consistent with reports of the repetition effect of increased liking if one assumes that continuing interrupted music sequences elicits attention to- and liking of the repeated elements of the first five seconds. The origin of following behaviors, and extrapolations from them, are discussed as instances of Pavlovian processes in intellectual development.