Settled tendency or usual manner and feelings . . . . An acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary . . . .
Adaptation decreases the actual number of sensory messages sent to the brain.
If so, you have observed an orientation response. At first a new album holds your attention all the way through. When a stimulus is repeated without change, the OR habituates , or decreases. Introduction to Psychology, Exploration and Application. L habitus condition, character, fr.