aversive stimulus

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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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acquired reflex
aversive conditioning
conditional reaction
conditional reflex
conditional response
conditioned avoidance
conditioned avoidance response
conditioned reaction
conditioned reflex
conditioned response
conditioning
negative reinforcement
negative stimulus
punishment

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