A) Describe non-associative learning and associative learning.
B) Name and explain one type of non-associative learning.
C) Explain how non-associative learning is helpful because it allows people to adapt to their environments.

A) Non-associative learning is learning about a single stimulus in the external world.Associative learning is learning the relationship between two pieces of information.
B) Habituation is a decrease in behavioral response to a stimulus after repeated exposure.Sensitization is an increased behavioral response to a stimulus after repeated exposure.
C) Non-associative learning is adaptive because it allows us to function on a day-to-day basis (habituation allows us to ignore unimportant stimuli so we can focus attention elsewhere) and also prepares us to respond to an important situation (tells us when we need to pay attention to a stimulus we have experienced many times before).