When Max's father installed a new ceiling fan in his room, the "whirring" sound initially disturbed Max's sleep. After a few nights, however, Max was back to sleeping normally, as if the fan did not bother him at all. Max's filtering out of the fan's noise is best described as ____.
A) attention
B) habituation
C) mental hardware
D) mental software

Question

When Max's father installed a new ceiling fan in his room, the "whirring" sound initially disturbed Max's sleep. After a few nights, however, Max was back to sleeping normally, as if the fan did not bother him at all. Max's filtering out of the fan's noise is best described as ____.
A) ​attention
B) ​habituation
C) ​mental hardware
D) ​mental software

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Max's adaptation to the noise of the ceiling fan is an example of habituation. Habituation is a form of learning in which an organism reduces or ceases to respond to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it.

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