While I was completing the reading for today, which was chapter six, I ran into some interesting topics. What I thought was the most interesting to me was the process of habituation because it was something I feel we all can relate to in a way. According to Berger, habituation is from the word habit and refers to the process of getting used to an object, or event after repeated exposure to that object or event (2008). What came to my mind was sitting in class and you hear the radiator go off, at first I am paying attention to that radiator and not as much to the professor; however, eventually I tune that radiator out. This made me realize that I "habituated" the radiator after continues exposure to the noise. In a sense you are able to block out the noise and go back to concentrating on what you are learning. I think this is useful process for college students, because I know whenever I personally am at the library studying it never seems to be quite. So if we consider habituation; it is a good thing our brains engage in this process, because I can eventually after repeated exposure to the talk tune it out and continue my studying.
Berger, S. K. (2008). The Developing Person: Through the Life Span. New York, NY: Worth Publisher.
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