When City Dwellers Fail to Respond to Ordinary Traffic Sounds

Question

When city dwellers fail to respond to ordinary traffic sounds, it is an example of
A) operant conditioning.
B) insight learning.
C) habituation.
D) trial- and- error learning.
E) imprinting.

Accepted Answer

Habituation occurs when an organism becomes desensitized to a repeated stimulus, resulting in a decrease in response or attention to it. In this case, city dwellers may be habituated to traffic sounds due to their frequent exposure to them, which can lead to a decreased response.