Habituation refers to the decrease in the response to a stimulus after a prolonged exposition to that stimulus. In the situation we are analyzing here, you are experiencing habituation. The stimulus - the sound of the tornado siren - no longer provokes a response from you. When it was a novelty, something you hadn't gotten used to yet, you would be startled. However, after hearing it over and over again, you no longer jump at its sound. You are now habituated to it.
Explanation: Displacement is a psychological defense mechanism that allows negative feelings to be transferred from the original source of stress or frustration to a less threatening subject in order to avoid negative consequences or release unpleasant feelings.
The ability to detect an object amongst distractor objects in situations in which the number of distractors presented is unimportant is called the <em>pop-out</em> ability. This ability occurs when an object is clearly identified among distractors. An object pops-out noticeably from the other objects. This is also called the pop-out phenomenon.
Pentateuch means simply "five books". In Greek, the Pentateuch (which Jews call the Torah) includes the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
