dishabituation

toc =1375735967= = __Definition__: = Responding to a somewhat familiar stimulus as if it were new. p.100 HGD Chapter 4, p. 100

The process of habituation in reverse. a sensitization of a previously habituated response to a stimulus.

that it is a process of [|habituation]  in reverse and (2) that it is [|sensitization]  of a previously habituated [|response]  to a [|stimulus]

= __Examples__: =


 * used to test infants perception. infants are shown a stimulus repeatedly until they respond less(Habituation) to it. then a new stimulus is show to them and the process is repeated. testing the baby over and over helps them memory the process.

**__Analogies__:** an good analogy would be when your doing a math homework and your constantly keep getting the same problem wrong. you will be shown the same problem over and over again until you recognize the problem and are able to solve and remember it without forgetting how to solve it.

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