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Habituation

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Habituation is a simple form of learning in which an animal's response to a repeated, harmless stimulus weakens over time.

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A prairie dog stops giving alarm calls at a scarecrow after repeated exposure shows it poses no threat.

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Habituation is a decreased response to one specific stimulus, not general fatigue affecting all responses.