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

avocative
avocatives
avocet
avocets
avodire
avodires
avogadrite
avoid
avoid like the plague
avoidability
avoidable
avoidableness
avoidably
avoidance
avoidance-avoidance conflict
avoidance conditioning (current term)
avoidance learning
avoidance training
avoidances
avoidant
avoidant disorder of adolescence
avoidant disorder of childhood
avoidant personality
avoidantly
avoidaunce
avoided
avoided costs
avoider
avoiders
avoidest

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