habituating
Becoming accustomed to
Habituating is the present participle of habituate, meaning to make or become accustomed to something through repeated exposure.
The process works in two directions: you can habituate yourself to cold showers, or prolonged noise can habituate you to ignoring it.
In psychology, habituating specifically describes the diminishing of a response to a stimulus after repeated presentations.
The mice were habituating to the laboratory environment before testing began.
Learned behavioral adaptation
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- acclimatingBecoming accustomed to environment
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- familiarizingMaking something known
normalizing · adapting · accustoming · inuring · routinizing · patterning · reinforcing · drilling
Adjusting to new conditions
- adjustingAltering to correct
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- adaptingModifying to suit conditions
- naturalizingEstablishing as native
assimilating · integrating · transitioning · relocating · climate · altitude · habitat · ecosystem
Reduced response over time
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- copingManaging under strain
- adjustingAltering to correct
- normalizingMaking conform to norms
processing · exposure therapy · adaptation · resilience · acceptance · mindfulness · cognitive · emotional
Willingness to accept difference
- receptorsProteins binding specific molecules
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- downregulationDecreased cellular response
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
physiological · cellular · brain chemistry · withdrawal · dependence · substance · alcohol · caffeine
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- acclimatingBecoming accustomed to environment
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
familiarizing · normalizing · adapting · accustoming · inuring · routinizing · patterning · reinforcing · drilling · repetition
acclimatizing
Adjusting to new conditions
naturalizing · assimilating · integrating · transitioning · relocating · climate · altitude · habitat · ecosystem · terrain
desensitization
Reduced response over time
normalizing · processing · exposure therapy · adaptation · resilience · acceptance · mindfulness · cognitive · emotional · gradual
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- receptorsProteins binding specific molecules
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- downregulationDecreased cellular response
homeostasis · physiological · cellular · brain chemistry · withdrawal · dependence · substance · alcohol · caffeine · nicotine
- familiarizationfamiliarizing, acquainting, orienting, introducing, accustoming
- desensitizationnumbing, dulling, blunting, deadening, anesthetizing
- reinforcingreinforcing, strengthening, supporting, bolstering, shoring
habituatingsensitizing
Making more responsive
sensitising · intensifying · amplifying · alarming · startling
habituatingnovel
New and unusual
unfamiliar · strange · estranging · alienating · disorienting
habituatingdeconditioning
Loss of conditioned response
unlearning · detraining · resetting · destabilizing · staying alert