Question

When you first put your hat on, you can feel it quite easily, but after a while, you forget that you are wearing a hat at all the sensation is gone. What happens?

(A) perceptual defense
(B) habituation
(C) subliminal perception
(D) sensory fatigue
(E) sensation perception

Answer 1

(D) sensory fatigue
Sensory fatigue happens when your body gets so used to a stimulus that it no longer notices it.

Answer 2

B) habituation

Step-by-step explanation:

Habituation: It refers to a psychological learning process in which a decrease in the response towards a particular stimulus exists after repeated exposure. Habituation can occur with humans as well as animals where they stop responding to a stimulus after the repeated exposure to it.

Example: The sound of the doorbell can initially drag a person's attention but after repeated exposure to the doorbell, the person will get used to it and hence will stop responding.