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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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For example, a previously neutral snake becomes a conditioned aversive stimulus after one is bitten and hurt by that snake.
Such rewards often come in the form of special attention, accommodation, and removal of an aversive stimulus such as a teacher directive.
 
 
 
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