Medical Definition of Avoidance conditioning

1. The technique whereby an organism learns to avoid unpleasant or punishing stimuli by learning the appropriate anticipatory response to protect it from further such stimuli. Compare: escape conditioning. Synonym: avoidance training. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avoidance Conditioning

Avogadro's hypothesis
Avogadro's hypothesis
Avogadro's law
Avogadro's law
Avogadro's number
Avogadro's number
Avogadro's postulate
Avogadro number
avoid
avoid
avoidable
avoidably
avoidance
avoidance-avoidance conflict
avoidances
avoidance conditioning (current term)
avoidance learning
avoidance training
avoidant disorder of adolescence
avoidant disorder of childhood
avoidant personality
avoided
avoided costs
avoider
avoiders
avoiding
avoids
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
avoirdupois unit

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