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aversive stimulus

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Noun1.aversive stimulus - any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it
negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences


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Positive reinforcement is used whenever a desirable outcome follows an appropriate response, and negative reinforcement is used whenever an aversive stimulus or state of affairs is removed following an appropriate response.
Teaching and learning operant principles in animal shelters: ... by Fugit, Dee / Journal of Instructional Psychology
Although taste aversions generalize to other foods, mammalian herbivores continue to taste aversive foods in small quantities and readily resume consumption when the aversive stimulus is reduced or removed (76).
Evolutionary Biology of Plant Defenses against Herbivory and Their ... by Wynne-Edwards, Katherine E. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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