Question

There is always a distinct scent of olive oil and serrano chilies whenever salma enters her aunt's home. she no longer notices the smells after staying a little while inside the house. this scenario is an example of ______. dark adaptation learning by association mimicry habituation

Answer 1

The answer is habituation.

Habituation or in this case, sensory adaptation, it's when the sensitivity to a stimulus decreases as a consequence of constant exposure to the stimulus.
When the stimulus starts, the neurons will begin firing action potentials. After a while in the same environment, you'll most likely have forgotten all about that sensation (in this case noise) even though the stimulus is exactly the same.