When Miron first moved to the city, he found it hard to sleep at night. Street traffic, honking horns, and occasional police car
or fire truck sirens kept him up for hours. After a month or so, he was no longer bothered by these noises and was sleeping soundly every night. This reduced responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated exposures is called _______.
Habituation is the term that refers to the progressive decrease of a response of the organism due to repetitive stimulation. In other words, habituation happens when a body is exposed to a stimulation so many times in a row that it causes an accustomment that progressively decreases the response of that body to the stimulus. An example of this can be seen in the question above. That's because Miron has become so used to the noises that his neighborhood has that these noises no longer disturb him.
