Lexic.us

Definition of Aversive conditioning

1. Noun. Conditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus.

Medical Definition of Aversive conditioning

1. A form of behaviour training or modification in which a noxious event is used to punish or extinguish undesirable behaviour. See: aversion therapy. Synonym: aversive conditioning. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Aversive conditioning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... the production of bradycardia to conditioned and tachycardia to unconditioned stimuli during classical aversive conditioning and conditioned suppression ..."

2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"The aversions are rarely permanent, and the aversive conditioning is less effective in attempts to establish an aversion to substances that have had a ..."

3. Strategies to Control Tobacco Use in the U. S.: A Blueprint for Public (1991)
"Lublin, I., Joslyn, I. aversive conditioning of cigarette addiction. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, ..."

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