Question

Jason had placed a record player next to his seven-month-old son's crib that played a lullaby as soon as his son cried. The lullaby had a calming effect on the infant and put him back to sleep. As time passed, the lullaby failed to put the baby to sleep. The scenario is an example of _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Habituation.

Explanation:

After a time, Jason grew used to the lullaby and it started to fail at putting him to sleep. This is called habituation.

Habituation is a response to an object, in this case, that provoked a certain stimulus (being sleepy), but after time passed and the stimulus was more common, it stopped provoking it, just like Jason and the lullaby.