Whenever you walk into your grandparent's house, you notice the wintergreen smell of the cream they rub into their knees to relieve the pain of arthritis. However, after you have been there for a while, you no longer notice it. This is because of ____.
A) extinction
B) spontaneous recovery
C) orientation
D) habituation

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This is an example of habituation, which is the decreasing responsiveness to a repeated stimulus over time. In this case, the wintergreen smell is a repeated stimulus that the person's brain eventually stops responding to, resulting in them no longer noticing it.

Whenever You Walk into Your Grandparent's House, You Notice the Wintergreen