When you first put your hat on, you can feel it quite easily, but after a while, you forget that you are wearing a hat at all-the sensation is gone. What happens?
A) sensory fatigue
B) subliminal perception
C) habituation
D) perceptual defense

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Habituation is the process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus and therefore, no longer having the same level of response to it. In this case, the sensation of the hat on the head becomes less noticeable over time as the individual becomes habituated to it. Option A, sensory fatigue, refers to the temporary inability to detect a stimulus due to prolonged exposure or fatigue of the sensory receptors. Option B, subliminal perception, refers to the perception of stimuli that are below the threshold of conscious awareness. Option D, perceptual defense, refers to the process by which people selectively perceive what they want to perceive and ignore what they don't want to perceive.

When You First Put Your Hat On, You Can Feel