Question

You are driving down the road in your car and stop to pick up your friend. after a few minutes, she asks, "what is that rattling noise?" you listen closely and then realize it is the sound of golf balls you tossed into your trunk a week ago. you reply, "oh, it's some golf balls. i guess i tuned out that sound long ago!" your "tuning out" of that sound is an example of _____.

Answer 1

Your ‘turning out’ of that sound is an example of habituation. This occurs when an individual is likely to have an effect of decreasing or ceasing his or her response to a stimulus after the following presentations occurred has been repeated.