Question

You are driving to school when suddenly an ambulance rushes past you with its sirens blaring, shocking you so much that you fear that you might lose control of your car. A minute later, you hear sirens in the distance and increase your vigilance to be prepared for another emergency vehicle on the road. What change has come over your normal reaction to sirens?

a. sensitization
b. Hebbian learning
c. habituation
d. fight-or-flight response

Answer 1

a. sensitization

Step-by-step explanation:

Sensitization: In psychology, the term sensitization is defined as a non-associative learning procedure in which a person after getting repeated exposure to a specific stimulus can develop progressive amplification i.e the increased strength towards the stimulus-response or reaction. Through sensitization, a person might react to something that formerly did not affect the person.

In the question above, sensitization has come over to the normal reaction to sirens.