When You Move from a Brightly Lit Environment into a Dark

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When you move from a brightly lit environment into a dark environment, such as a movie theater, it takes about 20-25 minutes for your eyes to completely adapt to the lower illumination.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a conditioned response is triggered by stimuli similar to the original conditioned stimulus.

Behavior Modification

A therapy approach aimed at changing undesirable behaviors through reinforcement or punishment.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between different stimuli, responding only to the specific stimulus conditioned.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears, often due to the conditioned stimulus being presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus.