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From the Ted Talk by Tony Fadell: The first secret of design is ... noticing

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So why is that? Why do we get used to everyday things? Well as human beings, we have limited barin power. And so our brains encode the everyday things we do into htibas so we can free up space to learn new things. It's a prcseos caelld habituation and it's one of the most basic ways, as humans, we learn.

Now, haiotatbuin isn't always bad. Remember learning to drive? I sure do. Your hands clenched at 10 and 2 on the wheel, looking at every single object out there -- the cars, the lights, the pineastreds. It's a nerve-wracking experience. So much so, that I couldn't even talk to anyone else in the car and I couldn't even listen to music. But then something interesting happened. As the weeks went by, driving became easier and easier. You habituated it. It started to become fun and second nratue. And then, you could talk to your finrdes again and listen to music.

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So why is that? Why do we get used to everyday things? Well as human beings, we have limited _____ power. And so our brains encode the everyday things we do into ______ so we can free up space to learn new things. It's a _______ ______ habituation and it's one of the most basic ways, as humans, we learn.

Now, ___________ isn't always bad. Remember learning to drive? I sure do. Your hands clenched at 10 and 2 on the wheel, looking at every single object out there -- the cars, the lights, the ___________. It's a nerve-wracking experience. So much so, that I couldn't even talk to anyone else in the car and I couldn't even listen to music. But then something interesting happened. As the weeks went by, driving became easier and easier. You habituated it. It started to become fun and second ______. And then, you could talk to your _______ again and listen to music.

Solution


  1. habits
  2. habituation
  3. called
  4. friends
  5. pedestrians
  6. nature
  7. process
  8. brain

Original Text


So why is that? Why do we get used to everyday things? Well as human beings, we have limited brain power. And so our brains encode the everyday things we do into habits so we can free up space to learn new things. It's a process called habituation and it's one of the most basic ways, as humans, we learn.

Now, habituation isn't always bad. Remember learning to drive? I sure do. Your hands clenched at 10 and 2 on the wheel, looking at every single object out there -- the cars, the lights, the pedestrians. It's a nerve-wracking experience. So much so, that I couldn't even talk to anyone else in the car and I couldn't even listen to music. But then something interesting happened. As the weeks went by, driving became easier and easier. You habituated it. It started to become fun and second nature. And then, you could talk to your friends again and listen to music.

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Important Words


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