Question

When Carlos first arrives at his friend's party, the music is so loud that he covers his ears. After a few hours, even though the music is still at the same volume, it stops bothering him. This change in his reaction to the volume of the music illustrates

Answer 1

Answer: Sensory adaptation

Explanation: When a stimulus is constantly or continuously been exposed to an individual, the sensitivity to that particular stimulus reduces over time ( the individual's sensory organs becomes used to it), this is called sensory adaptation.

Sensory adaptation helps us focus on other environmental stimulus rather than just one.

Dave's adaptivity to the loudness of the music illustrates sensory adaptation.