- aversive stimulus
- a stimulus that, when applied following the occurrence of a response, decreases the strength of that response on later occurrences.
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aversive stimulus — noun any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it • Hypernyms: ↑negative stimulus … Useful english dictionary
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stimulus — 1. A stimulant. 2. That which can elicit or evoke action (response) in a muscle, nerve, gland or other excitable tissue, or cause an augmenting action upon any function or metabolic … Medical dictionary
aversive — adjective Date: 1923 tending to avoid or causing avoidance of a noxious or punishing stimulus < behavior modification by aversive stimulation > • aversively adverb • aversiveness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
aversive — 1. adjective a) Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc), b) Avoidance that can be taught through the use of stimulus that either punish or reinforces. 2. noun The aversive case, also known as the evitative… … Wiktionary
aversive — aver·sive ə vər siv, ziv adj tending to avoid or causing avoidance of a noxious or punishing stimulus <behavior modification by aversive conditioning> aver·sive·ly adv aver·sive·ness n * * * aver·sive (ə vurґsiv) characterized by or… … Medical dictionary
aversive conditioning — aver′sive condi′tioning n. psl conditioning by linking an unpleasant or noxious stimulus with the performance of undesirable behavior … From formal English to slang
negative stimulus — noun a stimulus with undesirable consequences • Hypernyms: ↑stimulation, ↑stimulus, ↑stimulant, ↑input • Hyponyms: ↑annoyance, ↑bother, ↑botheration, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Thérapie aversive — Thérapie par aversion La thérapie par aversion ou thérapie aversive est une forme de traitement psychiatrique ou psychologique qui expose le patient à un stimulus tout en recevant une expérience désagréable[1]. Ce conditionnement a pour but de… … Wikipédia en Français
Operant conditioning — is a form of psychological learning during which an individual modifies the occurrence and form of its own behavior due to the association of the behavior with a stimulus. Operant conditioning is distinguished from classical conditioning (also… … Wikipedia
