habituation

Examples of habituation in the following topics:

• Simple Learned Behaviors

  • Simple learned behaviors include habituation and imprinting, both of which are important to the maturation process of young animals.
  • Simple learned behaviors include habituation and imprinting, both of which are important to the maturation process of young animals.
  • Habituation is a simple form of learning in which an animal stops responding to a stimulus after a period of repeated exposure.
  • Prairie dogs typically sound an alarm call when threatened by a predator, but they become habituated to the sound of human footsteps when no harm is associated with this sound; therefore, they no longer respond to them with an alarm call.
  • In this example, habituation is specific to the sound of human footsteps, as the animals still respond to the sounds of potential predators.

• Habituation, Sensitization, and Potentiation

  • Potentiation, habituation, and sensitization are three ways in which stimuli in the environment produce changes in the nervous system.
  • Three ways in which this occurs include long-term potentiation, habituation, and sensitization.
  • Habituation helps us to distinguish meaningful information from the background.
  • Habituation and sensitization work in different ways neurologically.
  • During habituation, fewer neurotransmitters are released at the synapse.

• Substance Abuse and Health

  • Substance abuse, or the habitual, harmful use of drugs, can have detrimental effects on the mind and body.
  • Substance abuse is the habitual and recreational use of an addictive agent (drug) that is consumed in dangerous amounts or dangerous situations.

• Classroom Importance

  • They generally avoid behaviors they associate with unpleasantness and develop habitual behaviors from those that are repeated often (Parkay & Hass, 2000).

• Marketing Changes Due to Involvement

  • Low-Involvement purchases tend to be made by habitual decisions (e.g., dish washing liquid, toothbrush).

• Can occur individually or in a social group

  • Disruptive Experience: Experience that is a disruption of the habitual manner in which an individual experiences things.This is in contrast to a non-reflective experience borne out of habit.

• Verbal Aspect: Simple, Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Progressive

  • It is usually used to describe an action that takes place habitually.
  • Verbs in simple past describe a normal or habitual action that began in the past,  and used to happen but no longer does.
  • Verbs in simple present describe a habitual action that still occurs in the present.

• Modeling, Shaping, and Cueing

  • Cueing may be as simple as providing a child with a verbal or non-verbal cue as to the appropriateness of a behavior.For example, to teach a child to remember to perform an action at a specific time, the teacher might arrange for him to receive a cue immediately before the action is expected rather than after it has been performed incorrectly.For example, if the teacher is working with a student that habitually answers aloud instead of raising his hand, the teacher should discuss a cue such as hand-raising at the end of a question posed to the class.

• Social Interaction and Technology

  • A social institution is a habitual pattern of behavior that is embedded in a social system.

• Introduction to Animal Behavior

  • Simple learned behaviors include habituation and imprinting—both are important to the maturation process of young animals.