aversive behavior

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aversive behavior

[ə′vərs·iv bi′hāv·yər]

(psychology)

Avoidance behavior.

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Remarkably, this inherited aversive behavior lasted for four generations, but in the fifth generation the worms were once again attracted to Pseudomonas.

Danger Avoidance: Genetically Encoded

Necromones are a class of chemicals released from dead or injured animals that elicit risk aversive behavior (e.g.

Conspecific mortality cues mediate associative learning in crickets, Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

In fact, the TRs may relay information to a specific part of the brain that elicits innately aversive behavior in animals.

Gene necessary for mice to avoid cats discovered

Church (Ed.), Punishment and aversive behavior (pp.

Reappraisal of threat value: loss of blocking in human aversive conditioning

In other words, it appears that the children of more depressed mothers displaced their aversive behavior onto another family member.

Rearing the sad or mad: differentiating the family environments of depressed versus conduct disordered youth

Church (Eds.), Punishment and aversive behavior (pp.

Proteccion de la extincion por la presentacion concurrente de un excitador o un EC extensivamente extinguido

369), Jill may report "feeling like a new person" or having "a new self" because personally aversive behavior such as muscle tension and pain have diminished or disappeared (also see, Maslow, 1970, p.

Towards understanding the meaning of affectionate verbal behavior; towards creating romantic loving

217 here on power of response to others' aversive behavior; Anita Vangelisti, "Messages that Hurt," in: The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communications, ed.

Witchcraft, female aggression, and power in the early modern community

This program at the Richmond State School, Richmond, Texas has been highly successful for several years in reducing the practitioner's reliance on such aversive behavior management techniques as physical restraint, sedation or general anesthesia.

The ABCs for successful dental treatment. (Oral healthcare for people with special needs: Part V.)

Similarly, Campbell and Church (1969) referred to "aversive behavior," not to the subjective reactions to noxious stimuli.

Terminology and behavior reduction: the case against "punishment."

The two categories reflected degree of maternal asynchrony in reactions to her child's positive and aversive behavior. In both cases, mothers' reactions were considered as appropriate or inappropriate based on our judgments about matching or mismatching valences (see, for details, Wahler & Dumas, 1986; Cerezo & Dolz, 2000).

The mothering of conduct problem and normal children in Spain and the USA: authoritarian and permissive asynchrony