Which of the following could be classified as habituation?
A)You enter a room and hear a fan motor. After a period of time, you are no longer aware of the motor's noise.
B)You hear a horn while driving your car. You step on the brakes but notice the sound came from a side street. You resume your previous speed.
C)One morning you awake to a beep-beep-beep from a garbage truck working on a new early morning schedule. The next week the garbage truck arrives at the same time and makes the same noise, but does not wake you up.
D)A and C only
E)A, B, and C

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Habituation is the process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus and no longer responding to it. It is evident in options A and C where the individual becomes desensitized to the noise of the fan motor and the beep from the garbage truck, respectively. Option B is not an example of habituation, as the individual's response is related to a safety concern while driving and not to becoming used to a stimulus. Therefore, the best choice is D, which includes only the examples of habituation.

Which of the Following Could Be Classified as Habituation