When you first put your hat on, you can feel it quite easily, but after a while, you forget that you are wearing a hat at all-the sensation is gone. What happens?
A) sensory fatigue
B) subliminal perception
C) habituation
D) perceptual defense

Question

When you first put your hat on, you can feel it quite easily, but after a while, you forget that you are wearing a hat at all-the sensation is gone. What happens?
A) sensory fatigue 
B) subliminal perception
C) habituation 
D) perceptual defense

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Habituation refers to a decreased response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it. In this case, after wearing a hat for a while, our brain becomes accustomed to the sensation and no longer registers it, leading to the feeling of the hat being forgotten or not being felt anymore.

When You First Put Your Hat On, You Can Feel