Sensory Adaptation
Psychology ⇒ Sensation and Perception
Sensory Adaptation starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe a real-life situation where sensory adaptation could be a disadvantage.
Describe how sensory adaptation can be beneficial for survival.
Describe how sensory adaptation might affect a person who moves from a quiet countryside to a noisy city.
Describe how sensory adaptation might affect someone who wears glasses for the first time.
Describe how sensory adaptation might affect someone working in a noisy factory.
Explain why pain does not adapt as quickly as other senses.
Explain why sensory adaptation does not occur for extremely intense or harmful stimuli.
Explain why sensory adaptation is less likely to occur for stimuli that are important for safety.
Explain why someone might not notice the hum of a refrigerator after being in the kitchen for a while.
Explain why you might not notice the feeling of your shoes after wearing them for a while.
What is sensory adaptation?
You enter a room with a strong perfume smell, but after a few minutes, you no longer notice it. What psychological process is responsible for this?
