habituation

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__Definition__:
A decline in attention that occurs because a stimulus has become familiar. HGD Chapter 4 p.100 also on p. 525

short attention span because more then one thing interests the person at once.

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Day 1: You open your front door to see a deer feeding 200 feet away. The moment you open the door, it takes one glance at you, turns and runs away.

Day 2: You open your front door to see the same deer feeding 200 feet away. Because nothing happened last time - no shouting, no chasing, no harm to it - the deer may be less concerned. The deer looks up, and trots off into the woods.

Day 3: You open your front door to see the same deer feeding 200 feet away. This time, it stops feeding, looks at you, and keeps watch on you while you walk out to get the morning newspaper. It does not run away.

Day 4: You open your front door to see the deer feeding in the yard 200 feet away. This time, it looks up once at you, then resumes feeding.

Day 5: This time, you open the door and the deer is 100 feet away. It barely notices you as you walk out to get the mail.

At this point, the animal is habituated - i.e. it does not change its behavior in response to your presence

Habituation

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= __Analogies__: = a dog because there always doing more then one thing, like fetching a ball, baring a bone or slobbing on its owner

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=__In the News__:= The Rational Warrior: Making Peace With Your Anxiety "....I finally discovered that in the process of mindfulness, //surrender // did not mean giving up or allowing me to be overtaken by anxiety. I learned that if I let go in small increments and allowed myself to be present in the anxiety for brief periods of time, I started to habituate to my symptoms. In other words, I started to see that I could indeed endure the pain. Habituation meant my brain was getting used to the fear and the fear then decreased in strength."

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