Talk:Habituation

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IT IS NON-ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING

Could someone knowledgeable in the field please explain that to the layman at the beginning of the article? I have no idea what it means. Spalding 19:05, August 21, 2005 (UTC)


It functions like an average weighted history wavelet interference filter

??? I have seen models using low-pass filters, a wavelet-filter is usually some kind of bandpass filter, meaning there is a preferred frequency. What would that frequency be then?
or short: please explain!

--Maddanio 10:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] addiction

Can a habit be considered an addiction? I mean, for example some people can't go a day without smoking a cigarette, and sometimes do it without thinking. I can't determine the stimulus besides chemicals in the brain washing about but... please explain.

Habituation would be more like getting used to cigarette smoke and not noticing it so much when entering a room. Richard001 03:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why isn't there an article closer to the ordinary sense of habit?

I'm glad this article makes sense to psychologists, but it does not address what ordinary people mean when they refer to habits. There must be something intelligent that can be said about habits. You'd think we could edit something out of William James' The Principles of Psychology (the book, NOT the article) that people would find comprehensible and would provide a bridge to contemporary psychological and psychotherapeutic thought. DCDuring 01:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you are looking for Habit (psychology)? Richard001 20:51, 9 November 2007 (UTC)