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Definition of Aversive
1. Adjective. Tending to repel or dissuade. "Aversive conditioning"
Definition of Aversive
1. Adjective. Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc), ¹
2. Adjective. Avoidance that can be taught through the use of stimulus that either punish or reinforces. ¹
3. Noun. (grammar uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case. ¹
4. Noun. (psychology countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aversive
1. a punishment [n -S] - See also: punishment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aversive
Literary usage of Aversive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Nicotine as an aversive Stimulus Even dependence-producing drugs do not have
invariant positive reinforcing effects; they may be aversive under some ..."
2. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"A second and probably more important source of conditioning involves avoidance
conditioning When an individual is faced with an aversive or noxious event, ..."
3. Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge & Issues edited by Elizabeth B. Robertson (1999)
"Overall, they showed that both level of mother's aversive behavior (suggesting
an observational or modeling influence) and mother's contingent reduction of ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Ketotifen was compared to diazepam to inhibit aversive responding of the mouse in a
... Both drugs reduced aversive responding in the mouse to the brightly ..."
5. Smoking Cessation: Clinical Practice Guidelineby Michael C. Fiore by Michael C. Fiore (1996)
"Smoking cessation interventions including aversive smoking procedures ...
The third content area associated with superior outcomes was aversive smoking. ..."
6. Alcohol and the Brain (1993)
"Blockade of this enzyme may result in higher dopamine Medications To Produce
aversive Drug Interaction Disulfiram (Antabuse) is the classic agent in this ..."
7. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"In addition to measuring preferences associated with ethanol administration,
conditioned place/taste procedures can assess the aversive effects of ethanol. ..."
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