Aversive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Aversive is an adjective meaning Tending to repel; causing avoidance.
Meaning
Tending to repel; causing avoidance.
More Meanings
- (grammar) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
- (psychology) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
Example Sentences
For general training purposes, opportunities to engage in reproductive acts are not a practical reinforcer, and using aversives that generate fear is fraught with side effects.
"I say—Nora, you, really you?" he cried, transported in turn, and to do him justice he did not seem to notice anything aversive in her disorder—or, indeed, to notice anything but her excited young face.
If it is aversive to the animal and discourages behavior, it is a punishment. If it seems aversive to you but is not aversive to the animal, then it is not an effective punishment. In fact, technically, it's not even a punishment.
Word Forms
- aversives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counterconditioning, avertive, repellent, adversive, antipathetic, alienating.
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