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The term for a person's tendency to become familiar with a stimulus due to repeated experiences is "habituation." It is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it.
Adaptation is the process by which organisms adjust to their environment over time to increase chances of survival, while habituation is a type of learning where an organism decreases or ceases its response to a repeated stimulus. In adaptation, the organism's physical or behavioral traits change to better fit its environment, while in habituation, the organism becomes less responsive to a stimulus that is no longer perceived as important or relevant.
Habituation can lead to a decreased response to important stimuli over time, potentially causing individuals to overlook or ignore relevant information or threats. It may also hinder adaptability to changing environments or situations by influencing a rigid pattern of behavior. Additionally, habituation might reduce novelty-seeking behaviors, creativity, and exploration due to a preference for familiar stimuli.
Imprinting is a rapid, irreversible form of learning where an animal forms an attachment to another individual or object, often seen in young animals. Habituation is a decrease in response to a repeated stimulus that is not harmful or rewarding, allowing the animal to ignore it and allocate attention elsewhere.
My impression is that habituation allows one to ignore irrelevant stimuli (most often constant, trivial things in daily life), while desensitization removes or diminishes emotional response to a stimulus that would evoke significant affect. This may not be entirely accurate, so don't take my word for it.I got this impression mainly from three sources:from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2277060/:"Conventionally, habituation is characterized as (among other functional criteria) a down-regulating adaptation with short-term memory (Groves & Thompson, 1970; Poon & Young, 2006). Importantly, the latter remains latent post-stimulation and is activated (recalled) only when stimulated again - a process which has been termed 'input gating' (Young et al. 2003; Poon & Young, 2006). Desensitization is distinguished from habituation by the explicit expression of post-stimulation memory rebound and recovery, as desensitization (i.e. secondary habituation) is not subject to input gating."from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituation:"Habituation need not be conscious-for example, a short time after a human dresses in clothing, the stimulus clothing creates disappears from our nervous systems and we become unaware of it. In this way, habituation is used to ignore any continual stimulus, presumably because changes in stimulus level are normally far more important than absolute levels of stimulation."from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desensitization_%28psychology%29:"[Desensitization] also occurs when an emotional response is repeatedly evoked in situations in which the action tendency that is associated with the emotion proves irrelevant or unnecessary."
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Habituation
This phenomenon is known as habituation. It occurs when repeated exposure to a stimulus leads to a decreased response over time. Habituation helps organisms filter out non-threatening or irrelevant stimuli to focus on more important information.
The brainstem, particularly the reticular activating system, is responsible for habituation. It filters out repetitive or nonthreatening stimuli, allowing the brain to focus on more important information.
The process in which an animal stops responding to a repeated stimulus is called habituation. Broadly defined, stimulus results in a reaction.
Conditioning
Habituation is defined as becoming or making someone become accustomed to something. Classical conditioning is using habituation to pair two stimuli, such as in the famous case of Pavlov's dog, wherein the sound of a bell and meal time were associated.
The term for a person's tendency to become familiar with a stimulus due to repeated experiences is "habituation." It is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it.
A habituation pattern refers to a psychological process where an organism gradually becomes less responsive to a repeated stimulus over time. This occurs as the organism learns that the stimulus is not associated with any significant consequence, allowing it to conserve energy and focus on more relevant stimuli. Habituation is an essential mechanism for adapting to the environment, helping organisms filter out distractions and prioritize important information.
It's called tolerance, or habituation.
It will heighten the tolerance pretty fast.