What is Habituation? How We Learn

In this video, we start our series of videos on how we learn. After defining learning, we discuss the most basic form of learning: habituation. We then cover sensitization as the opposite of habituation, giving examples for both. In our next two videos, we discuss classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Learning: A change in an organism’s behavior or thought as a result of experience. Habituation: The process of responding less strongly over time to repeated stimuli. Sensitization: The process of responding more strongly over time to repeated stimuli.