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HABITUATION-DISHABITUATION TECHNIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

...we borrowed a method from research on speech perception in human infants called the habituation-dishabituation technique. This approach is based on the observation that subjects perceiving the same stimulus over and over again gradually cease responding to it: they habituate. If subjects who have habituated to one stimulus perceive another they judge to be different, however, the strength of their response increases sharply. The habituation-dishabituation technique thus reveals whether an individual finds two stimuli similar or dissimilar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Comportement humain
OBS

Les techniques comportementales d'étude des compétences mentales du nourrisson et du très jeune enfant reposent pour la plupart sur des phénomènes d'habituation/déshabituation, préférence pour la nouveauté, préférence visuelle ou auditive, conditionnement opérant d'une réaction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Comportamiento humano
CONT

Técnicas de habituación-deshabituación: Se basan en la tendencia de los bebés a reorientar su atención cuando perciben un cambio interesante en su entorno auditivo o visual.

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