Habits and Behaviors
A habit is defined as a way of behaving that is repeated so often it no longer involves conscious thought. A habit might be a person brushing her teeth every night before bed...
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Habituation and Sensitization in Vertebrates
When a ringing bell is presented to a cat, it may evoke a turning of the head toward the sound source. If that same stimulus is repeated over and over agai...
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Habituation
The reduction in response level that occurs when an infant has become accustomed to a particular stimulus.
Habituation, the reduction in response to a stimulus over time, has been the subj...
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A Cape Cod man who claimed he was homophobic, racist and a habitual liar to avoid jury duty earned an angry rebuke from a judge on Monday, who referred the case to prosecutors for possible charges....
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Manila (dpa) - Five foreigners and two Filipinos were arrested
Tuesday in separate raids on suspected illegal drug factories in the
Philippines, officials said.
...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Friday
called for calm in Lebanon after the country's parliament
failed to elect a new president and the army was ordered to
take charge of security. The U...
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Question 1 of 10:Though he was a stagehand as a boy, becoming an actor was the last thing young
Arthur
expected. He instead worked...?
In an aeroplane factory
In a grocer'sAs a street sweepAs a t...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Troubled pop singer Britney
Spears was hospitalized Friday after a standoff at her house
over the handover of her two sons following a court-monitored
custody visit. Follow...
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Park rangers in Congo found a dead mountain gorilla after a raid on a suspected ring of gorilla traffickers in which authorities detained two people, conservationists said Tuesday.The dead female i...
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The Japan Sumo Association filed another lawsuit Friday against
a magazine publisher for defamation following articles on alleged
tournament match-fixing.
The lawsuit filed with the Tokyo ...
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A court has banned smoking while driving in India's capital in what is believed to be the first of its kind in any major city worldwide, police said Tuesday.Declaring "New Delhi roads dangerous to ...
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Former Vice President Al Gore is taking Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government government to task for suggesting he endorsed its performance on climate change.The environmentalist, filmmaker an...
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Habits and Behaviors
Habituation and Sensitization in Vertebrates
Habituation
Jury duty excuses could bring charges
