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Definitions of aversive in various dictionaries:
adj - tending to repel or dissuade
Causing avoidance of an unpleasant or punishing stimulus, as in techniques of behavior modification.
AVERSIVE - In psychology, aversives are unpleasant stimuli that induce changes in behavior through punishment; by applying an aversive immediately following a b...
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| Causing avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior by using an unpleasant or punishing stimulus, as in techniques of behavior modification. |
| bDefinitionb of bAVERSIVEb. : tending to avoid or causing avoidance of a noxious or punishing stimulus ltbehavior modification by baversiveb stimulationgt aversively adverb. aversiveness noun. |
| tending to repel or dissuade |
| making someone feel a strong dislike for something, or making them not want to do it: |
| Aversive methods of stopping someone from behaving in a particular way involve doing something unpleasant to that person whenever they do something you do not want them to do: |
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| In psychology, Aversives are unpleasant stimuli that induce changes in behavior through punishment; by applying an aversive immediately following a behavior, the likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future is reduced. Aversives can vary from being slightly unpleasant or irritating (such as a disliked color) to physically damaging. It is not the level of unpleasantness, but rather the effectiveness the unpleasant event has on changing behavior that defines the aversive.* |