aversive stimulus

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aversive
adjective
uk
/əˈvɜː.sɪv/us
/əˈvɝː.sɪv/
making someone feel a strong dislike for something, or making them not want to ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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Thus, in negative reinforcement, one does something to escape or avoid anaversivestimulus.
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In punishment, one ceases to do something in order to escape or avoid anaversivestimulus.
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Thus, a punisher,aversivestimulus, or negative reinforcer is said to decrease the probability of a response on which it is made contingent.
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In essence, this is a classical conditioning procedure training an animal to make an association between a neutral stimulus (cue) or situation (context) and anaversivestimulus(usually shock).
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In the threat situation, the light signaled that the child might receive anaversivestimulus, a 100-ms blast of air (60 psi), against his or her throat.
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Due to the neuroscience roots of the account a dichotomy is made betweenaversivestimulusreinforcement association formation and stimulus- response association formation on the basis of punishment information.
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After extinction, conditioned fear responses can recover spontaneously after a reexposure to theaversivestimulus.
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Fear conditioning works by pairing an initially neutral stimulus with anaversivestimulus, leading to long-lasting fear memories.
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The parrot is never exposed to an unusual or mildlyaversivestimuluson purpose, such as a new toy or a hand.
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Negative reinforcement occurs when a behavior is followed by the removal of anaversivestimulusand occurrences of the behavior increase in the future.
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Rather, theaversivestimulus(mostly shocks) are presented without explicit warning stimuli.
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This can be done by pairing the neutral stimulus with anaversivestimulus(e.g., a shock, loud noise, or unpleasant odor).
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Negative reinforcement occurs when a dog discovers that a particular response ends the presentation of anaversivestimulus.
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In all cases, the strongest predictor of a depressive response was lack of control over theaversivestimulus.
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Negative reinforcement is the removal of anaversivestimulusafter a behavior that increases the frequency of that behavior.
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Positive punishment occurs when a behavior is followed by the addition of anaversivestimulusand this decreases occurrences of the behavior in the future.
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The researchers claim that corporal punishment, unlike anaversivestimulustreatment plan, uses the administration of pain as a disciplinary action in order to punish an unwanted behavior.
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