Question

Laura arrives at a park that is located very close to a factory that produces cookies. She immediately notices the strong odor of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects the smell of the cookies. This can best be explained by which of the following

Accommodation
Sensory adaptation
Weber’s law
Assimilation
Phi phenomenon

Answer 1

The correct answer is Sensory adaptation

Explanation: Sensory Adaptation it is the reduction of our sensitivity to unmodified stimuli. Adaptation occurs after constant exposure to a stimulus, our nerve cells start firing less often.